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When little Florence timidly presented herself, Mr Dombey stopped in his pacing up and down and looked towards her. Had he looked with greater interest and with a father's eye, he might have read in her keen glance the impulses and fears that made her waver; the passionate desire to run clinging to him, crying, as she hid her face in his embrace, 'Oh father, try to love me! there's no one else!' the dread of a repulse; the fear of being too bold, and of offending him; the pitiable need in which she stood of some assurance and encouragement; and how her overcharged young heart was wandering to find some natural resting-place, for its sorrow and affection.
But he saw nothing of this. He saw her pause irresolutely at the door and look towards him; and he saw no more.
'Come in,' he said, 'come in: what is the child afraid of?'
当小弗洛伦斯提心吊胆地走进来的时候，董贝先生停止来回踱步，向她看着。如果他怀着更大的兴趣，并且用父亲的眼睛来看的话，他可能会从她那敏锐的眼光中看出使她心神慌乱的激动与恐惧，看出她热烈地盼望能跑去抱住他，把脸藏在他的怀抱中，喊道，“啊，爸爸，设法爱我吧，我没有别的亲人了！”，看出她站在那里可怜巴巴地需要得到某种保证与鼓励；看出她那负担过重的年幼的心正在彷徨，想为它的悲痛与深情寻找一个天然的安息的场所。
可是这些他什么也没有看到。他只看到她犹豫不决地停在门口，向他望着；他没有看到别的了。
“进来吧，”他说道，“进来吧。这孩子怕什么？
She came in; and after glancing round her for a moment with an uncertain air, stood pressing her small hands hard together, close within the door.
'Come here, Florence,' said her father, coldly. 'Do you know who I am?'
'Yes, Papa.'
'Have you nothing to say to me?'
The tears that stood in her eyes as she raised them quickly to his face, were frozen by the expression it wore. She looked down again, and put out her trembling hand.
Mr Dombey took it loosely in his own, and stood looking down upon her for a moment, as if he knew as little as the child, what to say or do.
她走进去了；在露出半信半疑的神态向四周环视了一会儿之后，她把小手紧紧地握在一起，紧挨在门口。
“到这里来，弗洛伦斯，”她的父亲冷冰冰地说道，“你知道我是谁吗？”
“知道，爸爸。”
“你没有什么话要对我说吗？”
当她迅速抬起眼睛望着他的脸的时候，那张脸上表露出的神情使她眼中噙着的泪水凝结了。她又低下眼睛，伸出了哆嗦的手。
董贝先生把它松松地握在自己手里，站在那里，眼睛向下对她看了一会儿，仿佛他和这女孩子一样，不知道该说什么和做什么似的。
注释：trembling 1. n. 发抖；战栗；担心
2. adj. 发抖的；战栗的；哆嗦的
3. v. 颤抖（tremble的ing形式）；战悚
例句：
1. On hearing the news all of them were trembling with fear.
听到消息他们无不战战兢兢。
2. He argued, his voice trembling with anger.
他争论着，他的声音由于生气而颤抖。
