If, indeed, by any strange mischance his father should have gained intelligence of what she had dared to think and look for, of her causeless fancies and injurious examinations, she could not wonder at any degree of his indignation.

如果真因为某种奇怪误会，他父亲得知了所想和期待一切，得知了那毫无根据幻想和无理猜测，也不会对他愤惊讶。

A glance at the old chest, as she turned away from this examination, was not without its use; she scorned the causeless fears of an idle fancy, and began with a most happy indifference to prepare herself for bed.

转过身去，不再查看那个旧箱子，这一眼并非毫无用处；鄙视那些无端幻想带来无稽之谈，开始以一种极为轻松态度准备睡觉。