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'Never been! 'repeated Dolly. 'Were there no churches in the town you were born in? '
"从没去过！"多莉重复道，"你出生的城镇没有教堂吗？"
'Oh yes, 'said Silas, 'there were a lot of churches.
"有，"西拉斯回答，"有很多教堂，
It was a big town, you see. But I only ever went to chapel. '
因为那是个大镇子，可我只去小教堂。"
Dolly did not understand this word,
多莉不懂这个词，
but was afraid of asking any more questions, in case 'chapel' meant something evil.
可又不敢再多问，她生怕这个"小教堂"与魔鬼有关。
After considering carefully for a moment, she said,
仔细想了一会儿，她说："
'Well, Master Marner, it's never too late to start going to church.
马南师傅，什么时候开始上教堂都不算晚，
It's very pleasant listening to the singing and the good words.
听圣歌和赞美诗的感觉好极了。
If we go to church, then when trouble comes, Someone will take care of us.
如果我们经常做礼拜，在有困难的时候，就会有人来帮助我们。
And if we do our best, then I believe Someone will help us when we need help. '
只要我们尽力去做，我相信我们会在需要的时候得到帮助的。"
Dolly's explanation of her simple religion did not seem at all clear to Silas,
虽然听不太懂多莉对自己简单信仰的解释，
but he did understand that she was asking him to go to church.
可西拉斯知道她在劝说自己去教堂。
He did not want to agree to that.
但他不想照着去做。
