I am not deceitful : if i were , i should say i loved you ; but i declare i do not love you : i dislike you the worst of anybody in the world except john reed ; and this book about the liar , you may give to your girl , georgiana , for it is she who tells lies , and not i “我不骗人，要是我骗，我会说我爱你。但我声明，我不爱你，除了约翰.里德，你是世上我最不喜欢的人，这本写说谎者的书，你尽可以送给你的女儿乔治亚娜，因为说谎的是她，不是我。 ”
Again i reflected : i scarcely knew what school was : bessie sometimes spoke of it as a place where young ladies sat in the stocks , wore backboards , and were expected to be exceedingly genteel and precise : john reed hated his school , and abused his master ; but john reed s tastes were no rule for mine , and if bessie s accounts of school - discipline gathered from the young ladies of a family where she had lived before coming to gateshead were somewhat appalling , her details of certain accomplishments attained by these same young ladies were , i thought , equally attractive 不过他的感受不足为凭。如果贝茜关于校纪的说法她来盖茨黑德之前，从她主人家一些年轻小姐那儿收集来的有些骇人听闻，那么她细说的关于那些小姐所学得的才艺，我想也同样令人神往。她绘声绘色地谈起了她们制作的风景画和花卉画谈起了她们能唱的歌，能弹的曲，能编织的钱包，能翻译的法文书，一直谈得我听着听着就为之心动，跃跃欲试。
