I realized I had never known any other world apart from Lowood or Gateshead.

我意识到除洛伍德和盖茨赫德外，我对其他地方一无所知。

But he saw clearly that the secret must be known before long, even apart from Adam's determination, since it was scarcely to be supposed that Hetty would persist to the end in her obstinate silence.

但他清楚地看到，即使没有亚当的决心，这个秘密也很快就会被人知道，因为很难想象赫蒂会在顽固的沉默中坚持到底。