As a teenager in Baltimore, Wallis dropped the 'Bessie' and was subject to many girlhood passions.
在巴尔的摩,十几岁的沃利斯放弃了“贝西”这个名字,经历了许多少女时代的激情。
简·爱(原版)
" Bessie, you must promise not to scold me any more till I go" .
“贝西,你必须保证在我走之前不再骂我”。
简·爱(原版)
Come, Bessie, we will leave her: I wouldn’t have her heart for anything.
来吧,贝西,我们要离开她了:我不会让她心甘情愿的。
简·爱(原版)
" Abbot and Bessie, I believe I gave orders that Jane Eyre should be left in the red-room till I came to her myself" .
“阿博特和贝西,我相信我已经下令将简·爱留在红屋里,直到我亲自去找她”。
英语百科
Bessie
Bessie can be a surname, a nickname (diminutive), and a woman's given name. Bessie is an English diminutive of Elizabeth, Beatrice, or Bessandra, and has been so used since the 16th century. Bessie is sometimes used as a name in its own right, rather than an informal diminutive.