With a renewal of tenderness, however, they repaired to her room on leaving the dining-parlour, and sat with her till summoned to coffee. She was still very poorly, and Elizabeth would not quit her at all till late in the evening, when she had the comfort of seeing her asleep, and when it appeared to her rather right than pleasant that she should go down stairs herself. On entering the drawing-room she found the whole party at loo, and was immediately invited to join them; but suspecting them to be playing high she declined it, and making her sister the excuse, said she would amuse herself for the short time she could stay below with a book. Mr. Hurst looked at her with astonishment.
不过她们一离开了饭厅,就重新做出百般温柔体贴的样子,来到吉英房间里,一直陪着她坐到喝咖啡的时候。吉英的病还不见好转,伊丽莎白寸步不离地守着她,一直到黄昏,看见她睡着了,才放下了心,觉得自己应该到楼下去一趟(虽说她并不乐意下楼去)。走进客厅,她发觉大家正在玩牌,大家当时立刻邀她也来玩,可是她恐怕他们输赢很大,便谢绝了,只推说放心不下姐姐,一会儿就得上楼去,她可以拿本书来消消遣遣。赫斯脱先生惊奇地朝她望了一下。

"Do you prefer reading to cards?" said he; "that is rather singular."
“你宁可看书,不要玩牌吗?”他说。“这真是少有。”

"Miss Eliza Bennet," said Miss Bingley, "despises cards. She is a great reader and has no pleasure in anything else."
彬格莱小姐说:“伊丽莎·班纳特小姐瞧不起玩牌,她是个了不起的读书人,对别的事都不感到乐趣。”

"I deserve neither such praise nor such censure," cried Elizabeth; "I am not a great reader, and I have pleasure in many things."
伊丽莎白嚷道:“这样的夸奖我不敢当,这样的责备我也不敢当,我并不是什么了不起的读书人,很多东西我都感到乐趣。”

"In nursing your sister I am sure you have pleasure," said Bingley; "and I hope it will soon be increased by seeing her quite well."
彬格莱先生说:“我断定乐意照料你自己的姐姐,但愿她快些复元,那你就会更加快活了。”

Elizabeth thanked him from her heart, and then walked towards a table where a few books were lying. He immediately offered to fetch her others; all that his library afforded. "And I wish my collection were larger for your benefit and my own credit; but I am an idle fellow, and though I have not many, I have more than I ever look into." Elizabeth assured him that she could suit herself perfectly with those in the room.
伊丽莎白从心底里感激他,然后走到一张放了几本书的桌子跟前。他立刻要另外拿些书来给她──把他书房里所有的书都拿来。“要是我的藏书多一些就好啦,无论是为你的益处着想,为我自己的面子着想;可是我是个懒鬼,藏书不多,读过的就更少了。”伊丽莎白跟他说,房间里那几本书尽够她看了。

"I am astonished," said Miss Bingley, "that my father should have left so small a collection of books. -- What a delightful library you have at Pemberley, Mr. Darcy!"
彬格莱小姐说:“我很奇怪,爸爸怎么只遣留下来了这么几本书。──达西先生,你在彭伯里的那个藏书室真是好极了!”

"It ought to be good," he replied, "it has been the work of many generations."
达西说:“那有什么稀奇。那是好几代的成绩啊。”

"And then you have added so much to it yourself, you are always buying books."
“你自己又添置了不少书,只看见你老是在买书。”
 

"I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these,"
“我有现在这样的日子过,自然不好意思疏忽家里的藏书室。”

"Neglect! I am sure you neglect nothing that can add to the beauties of that noble place. Charles, when you build your house, I wish it may be half as delightful as Pemberley."
“疏忽!我相信凡是能为你那个高贵的地方啬主观的东西,你一件也没疏忽过。──查尔斯,以后你自己建筑住宅的时候,我只希望有彭伯里一半那么美丽就好了。”

"I wish it may."
“但愿如此。”

"But I would really advise you to make your purchase in that neighbourhood, and take Pemberley for a kind of model. There is not a finer county in England than Derbyshire."
“可是我还要竭力奉劝你就在那儿附近购买房产,而且要拿彭伯里做个榜样。全英国没有哪一个郡比德比郡更好了。”

"With all my heart; I will buy Pemberley itself if Darcy will sell it."
“我非常高兴那么办。我真想干脆就把彭伯里买下来,只要达西肯卖。”

"I am talking of possibilities, Charles."
“我是在谈谈可能办到的事情,查尔斯。”

"Upon my word, Caroline, I should think it more possible to get Pemberley by purchase than by imitation."
“珈罗琳,我敢说,买下彭伯里比仿照彭伯里的式样造房子,可能性更大些。”

Elizabeth was so much caught by what passed, as to leave her very little attention for her book; and soon laying it wholly aside, she drew near the card-table, and stationed herself between Mr. Bingley and his eldest sister to observe the game.
伊丽莎白听这些话听得出了神,弄得没心思看书了,索性把书放在一旁,走到牌桌跟前,坐在彬格莱先生和他的妹妹之间,看他们斗牌。