St. John was not a man to be lightly refused: you felt that every impression made on him, either for pain or pleasure, was deep-graved and permanent.

圣·约翰这个人不是轻易就能拒绝的。让你觉得，他的每个想法，不管是痛苦的，还是愉快的，都是刻骨铭心，永不磨灭的。

I consented. When Diana and Mary returned, the former found her scholar transferred from her to her brother:

我同意了。黛安娜和玛丽回到家里，前一位发现自己的学生转到了她哥哥那里，

she laughed, and both she and Mary agreed that St. John should never have persuaded them to such a step.

便大笑不已。她和玛丽都认为，圣·约翰绝对说服不了她们走这一步。

He answered quietly: --"I know it."

他平静地答道：“我知道。”

I found him a very patient, very forbearing, and yet an exacting master:

我发现他是位耐心、克制而又很严格的老师。

he expected me to do a great deal; and when I fulfilled his expectations, he, in his own way, fully testified his approbation.

他期望我做得很多，而一旦我满足了他的期望，他又会以自己的方式表示赞许。

By degrees, he acquired a certain influence over me that took away my liberty of mind: his praise and notice were more restraining than his indifference.

渐渐地他产生了某种左右我的力量，使我的头脑失去了自由。他的赞扬和注意比他的冷淡更有抑制作用。

I could no longer talk or laugh freely when he was by, because a tiresomely importunate instinct reminded me that vivacity (at least in me) was distasteful to him.

只要他在，我就再也不能谈笑自如了，因为一种纠缠不休的直觉，提醒我他讨厌轻松活泼（至少表现在我身上时）。

I was so fully aware that only serious moods and occupations were acceptable, that in his presence every effort to sustain or follow any other became vain:

我完全意识到只有态度严肃，干着一本正经的事儿才合他的心意，因此凡他在场的时候，就不可能有别的想头了。

I fell under a freezing spell. When he said "go," I went; "come," I came; "do this," I did it.

我觉得自己被置于一种使人结冻的魔力之下。他说“去”，我就去，他说“来”，我就来；他说“干这个”，我就去干。

But I did not love my servitude: I wished, many a time, he had continued to neglect me.

但是我不喜欢受奴役，很多次都希望他像以前那样忽视我。

One evening when, at bedtime, his sisters and I stood round him, bidding him good-night,

一天夜里，到了就寝时间，他的妹妹和我都围他而立，同他说声晚安。

he kissed each of them, as was his custom; and, as was equally his custom, he gave me his hand.

他照例吻了吻两个妹妹，又照例把手伸给我。