sadness['sædnis] n. 悲哀
terribly adv. 可怕地，极坏地
cousin n. 堂(或表)兄弟(姐妹)
CHAPTER FOURTEENI return to Gateshead The next day I got a letter from Gateshead. There was much trouble and sadness there. My cousin, John Reed, had spent all his money and most of his mother's. He had been in prison most of his life. He owed many people money. A week before this, he had killed himself. When she heard this terrible news, Mrs. Reed became terribly ill, because John was still her favorite child. Although she could hardly speak, she told my cousins Eliza and Georgiana that she had to see me. Why, I did not know. Of course, I did not want to go there, but I could not refuse to see Mrs. Reed, when she might die. So I went to ask Mr. Rochester if I could travel to Gateshead for a short time.