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1·But die you must, fair maid, ere long.

但，美娘，不久你将死亡。

2·Ere long a bell tinkled, and the curtain drew up.

没过多久，铃声响了，幕拉开了。

3·Adele brought her stool to my feet; ere long she touched my knee.

阿黛勒把她的小凳子搬到我脚边，不久便碰了碰我膝头。

4·Ere long I perceived a group of the servants passing up the road towards the kitchen wing.

不久我看见一群仆人走过大路，向厨房那边走去。

5·Revenge, at first though sweet, Bitter ere long back on itself recoils. -John Milton.

复仇的感觉开始是满足的，但是它所带来的痛苦不久就会接踵而来。——约翰·米尔顿。

6·I am therefore by no means discouraged by what you have just said, and shall hope to lead you to the altar ere long.

这样看来，你刚才所说的话决不会叫我灰心，我希望不久就能领你到神坛跟前去呢。

7·Ere long, I had reason to congratulate myself on the course of wholesome discipline to which I had thus forced my feelings to submit.

不久我有理由庆幸自己，在迫使我的情感服从有益的纪律方面有所长进。

8·You know I am a scoundrel, Jane? Ere long he inquired wistfully — wondering, I suppose, at my continued silence and tameness, the result rather of weakness than of will.

“你知道我是个恶棍吗，简？”不久他若有所思地问——我想是对我继续缄默令神而感到纳闷，我那种心情是软弱而不是意志力的表现。

9·Ere long I heard the click of the latch, and Catherine flew upstairs, breathless and wild; too excited to show gladness: indeed, by her face, you would rather have surmised an awful calamity.

没有多久，我听见门闩响，凯瑟琳飞奔上楼，上气不接下气，心慌意乱，兴奋得不知该怎么表现她的欢喜了：的确，只消看她的脸，你反而要猜疑将有什么大难临头似的。

10·Were I an atheist - a man devoid of conscience - a wretch with coarse and brutal instincts - I might have found peace, long ere now.

如果我是一个无神论者，——一个丧尽良心的人，——一个本性粗野的恶棍，——或许我早就得到了平静。