A couple of hours later，however，he was woken by the movement of the cart. It was being driven towards Weather－bury by two farm workers，who had not noticed Gabriel. He listened to their conversation.
一兩個小時后，馬車的顛簸驚醒了他。兩個農(nóng)場工人正把馬車趕向威瑟伯里，他們沒有注意到蓋伯瑞爾。他聽到了他們的談話。

解析：conversation 對話、交談
eg: The captain came ashore and joined our conversation.
船長上了岸，湊過來和我們說話。

‘She's a handsome woman，that's true，’said one，‘but proud too！And very vain，that's what people say！’
“她是個很漂亮的女人，這倒不假，”一個說，“可是太傲慢！人們都說她很自負！”

解析：vain 徒勞的、徒然的;自負的、自大的
eg: Her modesty is put on; at heart she is very vain.
她的謙遜全是假裝的，內(nèi)心里她是很自負的。

‘Oh，if she's vain，Billy Smallbury，I'll never be able to look at her！I'm such a shy man，as you know！’said the other. ‘A single woman，and vain！And does she pay her farm workers well？’
“唉，比利·斯摩伯里，要是她很自以為是，我就連正眼看她也不敢了！你知道，我是一個害羞的人！”另一個說?！耙粋€單身女人，而且自負！她給她的農(nóng)場工人報酬高嗎？”

‘I don't know about that，Joseph Poorgrass. ’
“這個我不知道，約瑟夫·普格拉斯。”

Gabriel thought they could be talking about Bathsheba，except that the woman they were discussing seemed to be the mistress of a farm. As the cart was now quite near Weather－bury，Gabriel jumped out，unseen by the two men. He climbed a gate into a field，intending to sleep for the rest of the night under a hay－rick，but then he noticed an unusual light in the darkness，about half a mile away. Something was on fire.
蓋伯瑞爾想他們談?wù)摰目赡苁前沤z謝芭，只是他們談?wù)摰呐撕孟袷且粋€農(nóng)場的女主人。馬車快到威瑟伯里時，蓋伯瑞爾跳下了車，那兩個人也未發(fā)現(xiàn)。他翻越過一個大門進了一塊地里，打算在一個干草垛下過夜，就在這時，他注意到大約一英里遠的地方黑暗中有不尋常的火光。有東西著火了。

解析：climb 爬、攀登
eg: The old lady climbed up the stairs with difficulty.
這位老太太艱難地爬上樓梯。

on fire 著火、起火
eg: All the houses are on fire.
所有的房子都著火了。