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一處不了又一處


Hawkes, The Story of the Stone Ch.59:

Patience looked in to see what the trouble was. ‘Forget about it!’ said Aroma. ‘It’s all over.’
只見平兒走來,問係何事。襲人等忙說:「已完了,不必再提。」

‘Well, they say “where mercy is possible, mercy should be shown”,’ Patience observed. ‘If you can see your way to letting her off, it certainly saves us some trouble.
平兒笑道:「得饒人處且饒人,得省的將就省些事也罷了。

I can’t understand it, though. It’s only a few days since Their Ladyships left, yet already the whole place seems to be in a state of mutiny.
能去了幾日?只聽各處大小人兒都作起反來了。

Before I’ve finished dealing with trouble in one place, it crops up in another. I scarcely know which way to turn.’
一處不了又一處,叫我不知管那一處的是。」

‘I thought we were the only ones,’ said Aroma. ‘I didn’t realize there were others.’
襲人笑道:「我只說我們這裡反了,原來還有幾處。」

‘Oh, this is nothing!’ said Patience. ‘There have been seven or eight outbreaks just during these last three or four days.
平兒笑道:「這算什麼。正和珍大奶奶算呢,這三四日的工夫, 一共大小出來了八九件了。

Compared with the others, this trouble of yours is a very minor affair. We’ve had something much more upsetting---and more ridiculous – than this to contend with.’
你這裡是極小的,算不起數兒來,還有大的可氣可笑之事。」

Aroma was curious to know what it was. But as to whether Patience told her or not, that will be revealed in the chapter which follows.
不知襲人問他果係何事,且聽下回分解。

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