The signal agreed on between my father and me was that if he was her heir without being her husband I was to kick him under the table and he would not propose - otherwise he would.

我与父亲约定的信号是，假如他已经是继承人，我就在桌子下踢踢父亲的腿，那么他不会求婚——否则，他就会当晚求婚。

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Such scenes had once appeared not otherwise than happy, but now, as viewed through the dismal medium of her subsequent life, they classed themselves among her ugliest remembrances.

这种情景也曾经作为幸福而出现过；但如今，透过她随之而来的生活的悲惨的折射，只能归类于她回忆中最不堪入目的部分了。

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Tess appeared on the threshold - not at all as he had expected to see her - bewilderingly otherwise, indeed.

苔丝在门口出现了——完全不是他预先想象的样子——的确和他想象的相反，这使他困惑不解了。

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