I were coming whoam to ask her, like a beggar as I am, for a bit o' comfort i' that trouble; and I were knocked down by one who telled me she were dead — just dead.

我是来找她的， 像我这样的乞丐， 希望她能在那个麻烦中得到一点安慰； 我被一个告诉我她已经死了的人击倒了——只是死了。