Wuthering Heights - Chapter 3
呼啸山庄 - 第3章
The_Story_of_Heathcliff
希斯克利夫的故事
The next morning, the housekeeper, Mrs. Dean, told me the story of Heathcliff and the strange ghost I had seen.
迪恩太太继续给我讲希斯克利夫和凯瑟琳的故事。
Thirty years ago, Mr. Earnshaw, the owner of Wuthering Heights, went to Liverpool on business. When he returned, he brought with him a dirty, homeless boy. He had found the child in the streets, starving and alone. Mr. Earnshaw named the boy Heathcliff, after a son who had died.
许多年前,老肖恩先生从利物浦带回来一个孩子。那是个皮肤黝黑的男孩,身上没有任何身份证明。肖恩先生给他取名叫希斯克利夫,把他当作自己的儿子抚养长大。
At first, Mrs. Earnshaw and her children did not like the strange boy. The daughter, Catherine, and her brother Hindley were angry that their father had brought this gypsy child home. But Catherine soon became fond of Heathcliff, and the two children became inseparable.
希斯克利夫和凯瑟琳一起长大,他们成了最好的朋友。他们一起在荒原上奔跑,一起分享秘密,一起对抗凯瑟琳的哥哥亨德利,他恨希斯克利夫。
Heathcliff was proud, silent, and stubborn, but he loved Catherine deeply. Hindley, however, hated him. He saw Heathcliff as a rival for his father's love and for his inheritance.
当他们长大后,凯瑟琳爱上了希斯克利夫,但她也喜欢住在附近的富家少爷埃德加·林顿。她很困惑,不知道该选择谁。
When Mr. Earnshaw died, Hindley became the master of Wuthering Heights. He treated Heathcliff badly, making him work as a servant in the fields and denying him an education. Catherine tried to comfort Heathcliff, but she was sent away to study at a nearby house.
"我爱希斯克利夫,"她对迪恩太太说,"但埃德加有钱,有名望。如果我嫁给希斯克利夫,我们都会变成乞丐。如果我嫁给埃德加,我可以帮助希斯克利夫。"
Heathcliff grew bitter and angry. He promised himself that one day he would have his revenge on Hindley. But he never stopped loving Catherine. Their love was wild and passionate, like the windy moors around them.
凯瑟琳最终选择了埃德加。希斯克利夫听到她的话后,心碎了。他离开了呼啸山庄,消失了多年,发誓要报复所有伤害他的人。
One day, Catherine and Heathcliff ran away to the moors together, pretending to be ghosts and spirits. They found a world of freedom there, away from the rules and restrictions of Wuthering Heights. But this happiness was not to last. Fate had other plans for them.
As they grew older, Catherine met Edgar Linton, a wealthy gentleman from Thrushcross Grange. Edgar was kind and gentle, but he could not understand Catherine's wild spirit. Yet Catherine was drawn to him, for he offered her a life of comfort and safety.
Heathcliff watched with jealousy and pain. He felt that Catherine was slipping away from him. One night, when Catherine told him that she intended to marry Edgar, Heathcliff disappeared into the dark night, never to return to Wuthering Heights for three long years.
Mrs. Dean finished her story and looked at me. 'And that, Mr. Lockwood, is why the ghost of Catherine still haunts this house. She died young, but her love for Heathcliff was so strong that her spirit cannot rest.'