《简爱》✍ 第二章：4

They had got me by this time into the apartment indi-cated by Mrs. Reed, and had thrust me upon a stool: my Impulse was to rise from it like a spring; Their two pair of hands arrested me instantly.

这时候她们已经把我拉进了里德太太指定的那个房间，把我推按在一张凳子上。我禁不住要像弹簧似的立刻站起来，她们那两双手马上抓住了我。

“ If you don't sit still, you must be tied down,”said Bessie. “Miss Abbot, lend me your garters; she would break mine directly. ”

“你如果不好好坐着，就得把你绑起来。”贝茜说，“阿博特小姐，把你的袜带借我使使，我那副她准会一下就挣断的。”