狄更斯雙語小說:《董貝父子》第24章Part 7
'And you.can understand,' pursued the lady, 'why her observation of children who have parents who are fond of them, and proud of them - like many here, just now - should make her sorrowful in secret?'
'Yes, dear aunt,' said the child, 'I understand that very well. Poor Florence!'
More flowers strayed upon the ground, and those she yet held to her breast trembled as if a wintry wind were rustling them.
'My Kate,' said the lady, whose voice was serious, but very calm and sweet, and had so impressed Florence from the first moment of her hearing it, 'of all the youthful people here, you are her natural and harmless friend; you have not the innocent means, that happier children have - '
'There are none happier, aunt!' exclaimed the child, who seemed to cling about her.
'As other children have, dear Kate, of reminding her of her misfortune. Therefore I would have you, when you try to be her little friend, try all the more for that, and feel that the bereavement you sustained - thank Heaven! before you knew its weight- gives you claim and hold upon poor Florence.'
'But I am not without a parent's love, aunt, and I never have been,' said the child, 'with you.'
'However that may be, my dear,' returned the lady, 'your misfortune is a lighter one than Florence's; for not an orphan in the wide world can be so deserted as the child who is an outcast from a living parent's love.'
“你也就可以理解，”那夫人繼續說道，“當她看到那些有爸爸媽媽的孩子們，爸爸媽媽喜歡他們，爲他們感到自豪——就像現在這裏的許多人一樣——，這時候她的內心爲什麼會感到痛苦？”
“是的，親愛的姑媽，”女孩子說道，“我完全理解。可憐的弗洛倫斯！”
又有一些花朵落到地上，那些她還抱在胸口的花朵顫抖着，彷彿冬風正把它們吹得發出了颯颯的響聲。
“我的凱特，”那夫人說道；她的聲音是嚴肅的，但卻平靜和親切，從聽到她講話的第一秒鐘起，就在弗洛倫斯心上產生了強烈的印象；“在這裏所有的孩子們中間，你是她天然最適宜的、不會對她有任何惡意的朋友；你不會在無意之中，就像那些比你更幸福的孩子們會那麼做的——”
“沒有比我更幸福的人啦，姑媽！”女孩子說道，她似乎緊貼着她的姑媽。
“親愛的凱特，你不會像其他孩子那樣向她提醒她的不幸。所以，當你設法跟她做朋友的時候，我願意你，竭盡你的一切努力，記住你被奪去了雙親——謝謝上帝！那時候你還不知道它那沉重的分量——，這使你有權利接近弗洛倫斯，享有她的友誼。”
“可是，姑媽，我跟你在一起的時候，並沒有失去父母親般的慈愛，我從來也沒有失去過。”
“不管情況怎麼樣，我親愛的，”那夫人回答道，“你的不幸要比弗洛倫斯輕一些；因爲在這廣闊的世界上，沒有一個孤兒能比一個被活着的父親拋棄不愛更加冷落可憐的了。”
