He had an aversion to yielding so completely to his feelings, choosing rather to absent himself; and eating once in twenty-four hours seemed sufficient sustenance for him.

他厌恶自己完全屈从于自己的感情，宁可自己不来；而且在二十四小时内吃一顿饭在他似乎是足够了。

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He went into the bathroom absent-mindedly and looked at himself in the mirror.

他心不在焉地走进了浴室，照着镜子看了看自己。

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I saw him smile to himself — grin rather — and lapse into ominous musing whenever Mrs Linton had occasion to be absent from the apartment.

只要是林惇夫人一离开这间房子，我就看见他自己在微笑——简直是在狞笑——而且沉入凶险的冥想中。

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