老绅士死了,开读遗嘱,发现跟其他遗嘱一样,叫人既高兴,也失望。他并非那样偏颇无情,还是把田庄传给了侄儿。但是,因为附有条件,这份遗产便失去了一半价值。本来,达什伍德先生想要这笔财产,只是顾念妻子和女儿,而不是为自己和儿子着想。但财产却偏偏要世袭给他儿子和四岁的孙子,这样一来,他便无权动用田庄的资财,或者变卖田庄的资财,来赡养他那些最亲近、最需要赡养的家眷。
The whole was tied up for the benefit of this child, who, in occasional visits with his father and mother at Norland, had so far gained on the affections of his uncle, by such attractions as are by no means unusual in children of two or three years old; an imperfectarticulation, an earnest desire of having his own way, manycunningtricks, and a great deal of noise, as to outweigh all the value of all the attention which, for years, he had received from his niece and her daughters. He meant not to be unkind, however, and, as a mark of his affection for the three girls, he left them a thousand pounds a-piece.
为了那个孩子,全盘家业都被冻结了。想当初,这孩子只是偶尔随父母亲到诺兰庄园来过几趟,跟其他两三岁娃娃一样,也没有什么异常逗人喜爱的地方,大不过正牙牙学语,禀性倔强,好恶作剧,爱大吵大闹,却博得了老绅士的欢心。相形之下,侄媳母女多年关照的情分,倒变得无足轻重了。不过,老人也不想太苛刻,为了表示他对三个站娘的一片心意,好歹分给了每人一千镑。
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