Chapter1
ItbeganinaWoman’sClubinLondononaFebruaryafternoon—anuncomfortableclub,
그리고
andamiserableafternoon—whenMrs.Wilkins,whohadcome아래로
downfromHampsteadtoshop그리고
andhadlunchedatherclub,tookupTheTimesfromthetableinthesmoking-room,그리고
andrunningherlistlesseye아래로
downtheAgonyColumnsawthis:.ToThosewhoAppreciateWistariaandSunshine.
작은
SmallmediaevalItalianCastleontheshoresofthe지중해
MediterraneantobeLetFurnishedforthemonthofApril.필요한
Necessaryservantsremain.Z,Box1000,TheTimes.
Thatwasitsconception;
그러나
yet,asinthecaseof많은
manyanother,theconceiverwasunawareofitatthe순간
moment.SoentirelyunawarewasMrs.Wilkins
그
thatherAprilforthatyearhadthenandtherebeensettledforher그
thatshedroppedthenewspaperwithagesture그
thatwasbothirritatedandresigned,andwentovertothewindowandstareddrearilyoutatthedrippingstreet.Notforherweremediaevalcastles,
심지어
eventhosethatarespeciallydescribedas작은
small.NotforhertheshoresinAprilofthe
지중해
Mediterranean,andthewistariaandsunshine.그런
Suchdelightswereonlyfortherich.그러나
Yettheadvertisementhadbeenaddressedtopersonswhoappreciate이러한
thesethings,sothatithadbeen,anyhow,addressedtootoher,forshe확실히
certainlyappreciatedthem;morethan
아무도
anybodyknew;morethanshehadevertold.
하지만
Butshewaspoor.Inthe
온
wholeworldshepossessedofherveryown단지
onlyninetypounds,savedfromyeartoyear,넣어
putbycarefullypoundbypound,outofher드레스
dressallowance.Shehadscraped
이
thissumtogetheratthesuggestionofherhusbandasashieldandrefugeagainstarainyday.Herdressallowance,givenherbyherfather,was£100ayear,sothatMrs.Wilkins’s
옷
clotheswerewhatherhusband,urginghertosave,calledmodestandbecoming,andheracquaintancetoeachother,때
whentheyspokeofheratall,whichwasseldomforshewas매우
verynegligible,calledaperfectsight.Mr.
Wilkins,asolicitor,encouragedthrift,except
그
thatbranchofitwhichgotintohisfood.Hedidnotcallthatthrift,hecalledit
나쁜
badhousekeeping.Butforthethriftwhich,likemoth,penetratedintoMrs.Wilkins’sclothesandspoiltthem,hehad
많은
muchpraise.“Youneverknow,”hesaid,“whentherewillbearainyday,
그리고
andyoumaybeverygladtofindyou가지고
haveanest-egg.Indeedwe
둘 다
bothmay.”Lookingoutofthe
클럽
clubwindowintoShaftesburyAvenue—herswasaneconomical클럽
club,butconvenientforHampstead,whereshelived,andforShoolbred’s,wheresheshopped—Mrs.Wilkins,havingstoodtheresometimeverydrearily,hermind’seyeontheMediterraneaninApril,
그리고
andthewistaria,andtheenviableopportunitiesoftherich,동안
whileherbodilyeyewatchedthereallyextremely끔찍한
horriblesootyrainfallingsteadilyonthehurryingumbrellas그리고
andsplashingomnibuses,suddenlywonderedwhether아마도
perhapsthiswasnottherainydayMellersh—MellershwasMr.Wilkins—hadsooftenencouragedhertopreparefor,그리고
andwhethertogetoutofsuchaclimate그리고
andintothesmallmediaevalcastlewasn’t아마도
perhapswhatProvidencehadallalongintendedhertodowithhersavings.일부
Partofhersavings,of물론
course;perhapsquiteasmallpart.
Thecastle,beingmediaeval,mightalsobedilapidated,anddilapidationswere
확실히
surelycheap.Shewouldn’tintheleastminda
몇
fewofthem,becauseyoudidn’tpayfordilapidations있는
whichwerealreadythere;onthecontrary—byreducingthepriceyouhadtopaytheyreallypaidyou.
그러나
Butwhatnonsensetothinkofit...Sheturnedawayfromthewindowwiththe
똑같은
samegestureofmingledirritationandresignationwithwhichshehadlaiddownTheTimes,andcrossedthe방을
roomtowardsthedoorwiththeintentionofgettinghermackintoshandumbrellaandfightingher길을
wayintooneoftheovercrowdedomnibusesandgoingtoShoolbred’sonher길을
wayhomeandbuyingsomesolesforMellersh’sdinner—Mellershwasdifficultwithfishandlikedonlysoles,exceptsalmon—whenshebeheldMrs.Arbuthnot,awomansheknewbysightasalsolivinginHampsteadandbelongingtotheclub,sittingatthetableinthemiddleofthe방을
roomonwhichthenewspapersandmagazineswerekept,absorbed,inherturn,inthefirstpageofTheTimes.Mrs.
Wilkinshadnever
아직
yetspokentoMrs.Arbuthnot,whobelongedto한
oneofthevariouschurchsets,andwhoanalysed,classified,dividedandregisteredthe가난한
poor;whereassheandMellersh,
때
whentheydidgoout,wenttothepartiesofimpressionistpainters,ofwhominHampsteadtherewere많은
many.Mellershhadasisterwhohadmarried
한
oneofthemandliveduponthe히스
Heath,andbecauseofthisallianceMrs.Wilkinswasdrawnintoacirclewhichwas매우
highlyunnaturaltoher,andshehadlearnedtodreadpictures.Shehadtosaythings
대해
aboutthem,andshedidn’tknowwhattosay.Sheusedtomurmur,“Marvellous,”andfeelthatitwasnotenough.
하지만
Butnobodyminded.Nobodylistened.
아무도
NobodytookanynoticeofMrs.Wilkins.Shewasthekindofpersonwhoisnotnoticedatparties.
Herclothes,infestedbythrift,madeher
실질적으로
practicallyinvisible;herfacewasnon-arresting;
herconversationwasreluctant;
shewasshy.
Andifone’sclothesandfaceandconversationare
모두
allnegligible,thoughtMrs.Wilkins,whorecognisedherdisabilities,what,atparties,isthereleftofone?또한
AlsoshewasalwayswithWilkins,그
thatclean-shaven,fine-lookingman,whogaveaparty,단지
merelybycomingtoit,a큰
greatair.Wilkinswasveryrespectable.
Hewasknowntobehighlythoughtofbyhis
고위
seniorpartners.Hissister’scircleadmiredhim.
Hepronouncedadequatelyintelligentjudgmentsonartandartists.
Hewaspithy;
hewasprudent;
heneversaidaword
너무
toomuch,nor,onthe다른
otherhand,didheeversayaword너무
toolittle.Heproducedthe
인상을
impressionofkeepingcopiesof모든
everythinghesaid;andhewassoobviouslyreliablethatitoftenhappenedthatpeoplewhomethimat
이러한
thesepartiesbecamediscontentedwiththeirownsolicitors,그리고
andafteraperiodofrestlessnessextricatedthemselves그리고
andwenttoWilkins.NaturallyMrs.Wilkinswasblottedout.
“She,”saidhissister,
함께
withsomethingherselfofthejudicial,thedigested,그리고
andthefinalinher방식으로
manner,“shouldstayathome.”하지만
ButWilkinscouldnotleavehiswifeathome.Hewasa
가족
familysolicitor,andallsuch가지고
havewivesandshowthem.Withhisinthe
일주일
weekhewenttoparties,andwithhisonSundayshewenttochurch.Being
아직도
stillfairlyyoung—hewasthirty-nine—andambitiousofoldladies,ofwhomhehadnotyetacquiredinhispracticeasufficientnumber,hecouldnotaffordtomisschurch,anditwas거기서
therethatMrs.Wilkinsbecamefamiliar,thoughneverthroughwords,withMrs.Arbuthnot.Shesawhermarshallingthechildrenofthe
가난한
poorintopews.Shewouldcomeinattheheadoftheprocessionfromthe
일요일
SundaySchoolexactlyfiveminutes전에
beforethechoir,andgetherboys고
andgirlsneatlyfittedintotheirallottedseats,고
anddownontheirlittlekneesintheir예비
preliminaryprayer,andupagainontheirfeetjustas,totheswellingorgan,thevestry문이
dooropened,andthechoir고
andclergy,bigwiththelitanies고
andcommandmentstheywerepresentlytorollout,emerged.Shehada
슬픈
sadface,yetshewas분명히
evidentlyefficient.ThecombinationusedtomakeMrs.Wilkinswonder,forshehadbeentoldbyMellersh,ondayswhenshehad
만
onlybeenabletogetplaice,그
thatifonewereefficientonewouldn’tbedepressed,and그
thatifonedoesone’sjobwellonebecomesautomatically밝고
brightandbrisk.AboutMrs.Arbuthnottherewas
아무것도
nothingbrightandbrisk,though많은
muchinherwaywiththe일요일
SundaySchoolchildrenthatwasautomatic;하지만
butwhenMrs.Wilkins,turningfromthewindow,caughtsightofherintheclubshewasnotbeingautomaticatall,하지만
butwaslookingfixedlyat한
oneportionofthefirstpageofTheTimes,holdingthepaperquitestill,hereyesnotmoving.Shewas
그냥
juststaring;andherface,asusual,wasthefaceofa
참을성
patientanddisappointedMadonna.Obeyinganimpulseshewonderedatevenwhileobeyingit,Mrs.Wilkins,theshy
그리고
andthereluctant,insteadofproceedingasshehadintendedtothecloakroom그리고
andfromthencetoSchoolbred’sinsearchofMellersh’sfish,stoppedatthetable그리고
andsatdownexactlyoppositeMrs.Arbuthnot,towhomshehadneveryetspokeninherlife.Itwasoneofthoselong,narrowrefectorytables,sothattheywerequiteclosetoeachother.
Mrs.
Arbuthnot,
그러나
however,didnotlookup.Shecontinuedtogaze,witheyesthatseemedtobedreaming,at
한
onespotonlyofTheTimes.Mrs.
Wilkinswatchedhera
분
minute,tryingtoscrewupcouragetospeaktoher.Shewantedtoaskherifshehadseentheadvertisement.
Shedidnotknow
왜
whyshewantedtoaskherthis,butshewantedto.얼마나
Howstupidnottobe수
abletospeaktoher.Shelookedsokind.
Shelookedsounhappy.
왜
Whycouldn’ttwounhappypeople상쾌하게
refresheachotherontheirway통해
throughthisdustybusinessoflifebyalittletalk—real,naturaltalk,대해
aboutwhattheyfelt,whattheywouldhaveliked,whatthey여전히
stilltriedtohope?AndshecouldnothelpthinkingthatMrs.Arbuthnot,too,wasreadingthatvery
똑같은
sameadvertisement.Hereyeswereonthe
아주
verypartofthepaper.Wasshe,too,picturingwhatitwouldbelike—the
색
colour,thefragrance,thelight,는
thesoftlappingoftheseaamong작은
littlehotrocks?Colour,fragrance,
빛
light,sea;insteadofShaftesbury
애비뉴
Avenue,andthewetomnibuses,그리고
andthefishdepartmentatShoolbred’s,그리고
andtheTubetoHampstead,그리고
anddinner,andto-morrowthesame그리고
andthedayafterthesame그리고
andalwaysthesame...갑자기
SuddenlyMrs.Wilkinsfoundherselfleaning가로질러
acrossthetable.“Areyoureading
대해
aboutthemediaevalcastleandthewistaria?”sheheardherselfasking.
당연히
NaturallyMrs.Arbuthnotwassurprised;하지만
butshewasnothalfsomuchsurprisedasMrs.Wilkinswasatherselfforasking.Mrs.
Arbuthnothadnot
아직
yettoherknowledgeseteyesontheshabby,lank,loosely-put-togetherfiguresittingoppositeher,withits작은
smallfreckledfaceandbig회색
greyeyesalmostdisappearingunderasmashed-downwet-weather모자
hat,andshegazedatheramomentwithoutanswering.Shewasreading
대해
aboutthemediaevalcastleand는
thewistaria,orratherhadread대해
aboutittenminutesbefore,and이후로
sincethenhadbeenlostindreams—of빛
light,ofcolour,offragrance,of는
thesoftlappingoftheseaamong작은
littlehotrocks...“Whydoyouaskmethat?”
shesaidinhergravevoice,forhertrainingofandbythepoorhadmadehergraveand
참을성
patient.Mrs.
Wilkinsflushedandlookedexcessivelyshyandfrightened.
“Oh,onlybecauseIsawittoo,
그리고
andIthoughtperhaps—Ithoughtsomehow—”shestammered.
WhereuponMrs.Arbuthnot,hermindbeingusedtogettingpeopleintolistsanddivisions,fromhabitconsidered,asshegazedthoughtfullyatMrs.Wilkins,underwhatheading,supposingshehadtoclassifyher,shecould
가장
mostproperlybeput.“AndI
알고
knowyoubysight,”wentonMrs.Wilkins,who,like모든
alltheshy,onceshewasstartedplungedon,frighteningherselftomoreandmorespeechbythesheersoundofwhatshehadsaidlastinherears.“EverySunday—Iseeyouevery
일요일
Sundayinchurch—”.“Inchurch?”
echoedMrs.Arbuthnot.
“Andthisseemssucha
멋진
wonderfulthing—thisadvertisementaboutthewistaria—and—”.Mrs.
Wilkins,whomusthavebeenat
적어도
leastthirty,brokeoffandwriggledinherchairwiththemovementofanawkwardandembarrassedschoolgirl.“Itseemssowonderful,”shewentoninakindofburst,“and—itissuchamiserableday...”
그리고
AndthenshesatlookingatMrs.Arbuthnotwiththeeyesofanimprisoneddog.“Thispoorthing,”thoughtMrs.Arbuthnot,
누구의
whoselifewasspentinhelpingandalleviating,“needsadvice.”Sheaccordinglypreparedherselfpatientlytogiveit.
“Ifyouseemeinchurch,”shesaid,kindlyandattentively,“Isupposeyou
살고
liveinHampsteadtoo?”“Ohyes,”saidMrs.Wilkins.
그리고
Andsherepeated,herheadonits긴
longthinneckdroopinga약간
littleasiftherecollectionofHampsteadbowedher,“Ohyes.”“Where?”
askedMrs.Arbuthnot,who,
때
whenadvicewasneeded,naturally먼저
firstproceededtocollectthefacts.ButMrs.Wilkins,layingher
손을
handsoftlyandcaressinglyonthepartofTheTimeswheretheadvertisementwas,asthoughthemereprintedwordsofitwere귀중한
precious,onlysaid,“Perhapsthat’swhythisseemssowonderful.”“No—Ithinkthat’swonderfulanyhow,”saidMrs.Arbuthnot,forgettingfactsandfaintlysighing.
“Thenyouwerereadingit?”
“Yes,”saidMrs.Arbuthnot,hereyesgoingdreamy
다시
again.“Wouldn’titbewonderful?”
murmuredMrs.Wilkins.
“Wonderful,”saidMrs.Arbuthnot.
Herface,whichhadlitup,fadedintopatience
다시
again.“Verywonderful,”shesaid.
“Butit’s
없습니다
nousewastingone’stimethinkingof그런
suchthings.”“Oh,butitis,”wasMrs.Wilkins’s
빠른
quick,surprisingreply;surprisingbecauseitwassomuchunliketherestofher—thecharacterlesscoatand
치마
skirt,thecrumpledhat,theundecidedwispofhairstragglingout.“Andjusttheconsideringofthemis
가치가
worthwhileinitself—suchachangefromHampstead—and때때로
sometimesIbelieve—Ireallydobelieve—if한
oneconsidershardenoughonegetsthings.”Mrs.
Arbuthnotobservedherpatiently.
Inwhatcategorywouldshe,supposingshehadto,
넣을
puther?“Perhaps,”shesaid,leaningforwarda
조금
little,“youwilltellmeyourname.Ifwearetobefriends”—shesmiledhergravesmile—“asIhopeweare,wehad
더
betterbeginatthebeginning.”“Ohyes—howkindofyou.
I’mMrs.Wilkins,”saidMrs.Wilkins.
“Idon’texpect,”sheadded,flushing,asMrs.Arbuthnotsaidnothing,“thatitconveysanythingtoyou.
Sometimesit—itdoesn’tseemtoconvey
아무것도
anythingtomeeither.But”—shelookedroundwithamovementofseekinghelp—“IamMrs.Wilkins.”
Shedidnotlikehername.
Itwasamean,
작은
smallname,withakindoffacetioustwist,shethought,aboutitsendlikethe상승
upwardcurveofapugdog’stail.Thereitwas,
그러나
however.Therewasnodoing
아무것도
anythingwithit.WilkinsshewasandWilkinsshewouldremain;
andthoughherhusbandencouragedhertogiveiton
모든
alloccasionsasMrs.Mellersh-Wilkinssheonlydidthatwhenhewaswithinearshot,forshethoughtMellershmadeWilkinsworse,emphasisingitinthe방식으로
wayChatsworthonthegate-postsofavillaemphasisesthevilla.때
WhenfirsthesuggestedsheshouldaddMellershshehadobjectedforthe위의
abovereason,andafterapause—Mellershwasmuch너무
tooprudenttospeakexcept후
afterapause,duringwhichpresumablyhewastakingacarefulmentalcopyofhiscomingobservation—hesaid,muchdispleased,“ButIamnotavilla,”그리고
andlookedatherashelookswhohopes,forperhapsthehundredthtime,thathemaynothavemarriedafool.Of
물론
coursehewasnotavilla,Mrs.Wilkinsassuredhim;shehad
결코
neversupposedhewas;shehadnotdreamedofmeaning...
shewasonly
그냥
justthinking...The
더
moresheexplainedthemoreearnestbecameMellersh’shope,familiartohimby이
thistime,forhehadthenbeenahusbandfor두
twoyears,thathemightnotbyanychancehavemarriedafool;과
andtheyhadaprolongedquarrel,ifthat수
canbecalledaquarrel있는
whichisconductedwithdignifiedsilenceononeside과
andearnestapologyonthe다른
other,astowhetherornoMrs.WilkinshadintendedtosuggestthatMr.Wilkinswasavilla.“Ibelieve,”shehadthought
때
whenitwasatlastover—ittooka오랜
longwhile—“thatanybodywouldquarrel대해
aboutanythingwhenthey’venotleftoffbeingtogetherforasingle날
dayfortwowholeyears.Whatwe
둘 다
bothneedisaholiday.”“Myhusband,”wentonMrs.WilkinstoMrs.Arbuthnot,tryingtothrowsomelightonherself,“isasolicitor.
He—”
Shecastaboutforsomethingshecould
말할
sayelucidatoryofMellersh,andfound:“He’s
매우
veryhandsome.”“Well,”saidMrs.Arbuthnotkindly,“thatmustbea
큰
greatpleasuretoyou.”“Why?”
askedMrs.Wilkins.
“Because,”saidMrs.Arbuthnot,a
약간
littletakenaback,forconstantintercoursewiththepoorhadaccustomedhertohaveherpronouncementsacceptedwithoutquestion,“becausebeauty—handsomeness—isagift같은
likeanyother,andifitisproperlyused—”.Shetrailedoffintosilence.
Mrs.Wilkins’s
큰
greatgreyeyeswerefixedonher,anditseemed갑자기
suddenlytoMrs.Arbuthnotthat아마도
perhapsshewasbecomingcrystallisedintoahabitofexposition,andofexpositionafterthe방식으로
mannerofnursemaids,throughhavinganaudiencethatcouldn’tbutagree,thatwouldbe두려워
afraid,ifitwished,tointerrupt,thatdidn’tknow,thatwas,in사실
fact,athermercy.ButMrs.Wilkinswasnotlistening;
forjustthen,
터무니없는
absurdasitseemed,apicturehadflashed가로질러
acrossherbrain,andtherewere두
twofiguresinitsitting함께
togetherunderagreattrailingwistaria그
thatstretchedacrossthebranchesofatreeshedidn’tknow,anditwasherselfandMrs.Arbuthnot—shesawthem—shesawthem.그리고
Andbehindthem,brightinsunshine,were오래된
oldgreywalls—themediaevalcastle—shesawit—theywere거기
there...She
따라서
thereforestaredatMrs.Arbuthnotanddidnothearawordshesaid.그리고
AndMrs.ArbuthnotstaredtooatMrs.Wilkins,arrestedbytheexpressiononherface,있는
whichwassweptbytheexcitementofwhatshesaw,그리고
andwasasluminousandtremulousunderitaswaterinsunlight때
whenitisruffledbyagustofwind.At
이
thismoment,ifshehadbeenataparty,Mrs.Wilkinswouldhavebeenlookedatwithinterest.Theystaredateachother;
Mrs.Arbuthnotsurprised,inquiringly,Mrs.Wilkinswiththeeyesofsomeonewhohashadarevelation.
Ofcourse.
Thatwashowitcouldbedone.
Sheherself,shebyherself,couldn’t
감당할
affordit,andwouldn’tbeable,evenifshecould감당할
affordit,togothereall혼자
alone;butsheandMrs.Arbuthnot
함께
together...Sheleaned
가로질러
acrossthetable.“Whydon’twetryandgetit?”
shewhispered.
Mrs.
Arbuthnotbecameeven
더
morewide-eyed.“Getit?”
sherepeated.
“Yes,”saidMrs.Wilkins,
여전히
stillasthoughshewereafraidofbeingoverheard.“Notjustsit
여기
hereandsayHowwonderful,그리고
andthengohometoHampstead않고
withouthavingputoutafinger—gohomejustasusual그리고
andseeaboutthedinner그리고
andthefishjustaswe’vebeendoingforyears그리고
andyearsandwillgoondoingforyears그리고
andyears.Infact,”saidMrs.Wilkins,flushingtotherootsofherhair,forthe
소리
soundofwhatshewassaying,ofwhatwascomingpouringout,frightenedher,andyetshecouldn’t멈출
stop,“Iseenoendtoit.Thereisnoendtoit.
Sothatthereoughttobeabreak,thereoughttobeintervals—ineverybody’sinterests.
왜
Why,itwouldreallybebeingunselfishtogo멀리
awayandbehappyfora조금
little,becausewewouldcomebackso훨씬
muchnicer.Yousee,afterabiteverybodyneedsaholiday.”
“But—howdoyoumean,getit?”
askedMrs.Arbuthnot.
“Takeit,”saidMrs.Wilkins.
“Takeit?”