"Have you any idea, Lizzy, who this gentleman is? But now it comes out."
“丽萃,你想得到这位贵人是谁吗?下面就要提到了。

"My motive for cautioning you is as follows. We have reason to imagine that his aunt, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, does not look on the match with a friendly eye."
‘不佞之所以不揣冒昧,戆直陈词,实因虑及贵人之姨母咖苔琳·德包尔夫人对此次联姻之事,万难赞同故耳。’

"Mr. Darcy, you see, is the man! Now, Lizzy, I think I have surprised you. Could he, or the Lucases, have pitched on any man within the circle of our acquaintance, whose name would have given the lie more effectually to what they related? Mr. Darcy, who never looks at any woman but to see a blemish, and who probably never looked at you in his life! It is admirable!"
“你明白了吧,这个人就是达西先生!喂丽萃,我已经叫你感到诧异了吧。无论是柯林斯也好,是卢卡斯一家人也好,他们偏偏在我们的熟人中挑出这么一个人来撒谎,这不是太容易给人家揭穿了吗?达西先生见到女人就觉得晦气,也许他看都没有看过你一眼呢!我真佩服他们!
 

Elizabeth tried to join in her father's pleasantry, but could only force one most reluctant smile. Never had his wit been directed in a manner so little agreeable to her.
伊丽莎白尽量凑着父亲打趣,可是她的笑容显得极其勉强。父亲的俏皮幽默,从来没有象今天这样不讨她喜欢。

"Are you not diverted?"
“你不觉得滑稽吗?”

"Oh! yes. Pray read on."
“啊,当然请你再读下去。”

"After mentioning the likelihood of this marriage to her ladyship last night, she immediately, with her usual condescension, expressed what she felt on the occasion; when it become apparent, that on the score of some family objections on the part of my cousin, she would never give her consent to what she termed so disgraceful a match. I thought it my duty to give the speediest intelligence of this to my cousin, that she and her noble admirer may be aware of what they are about, and not run hastily into a marriage which has not been properly sanctioned." "Mr. Collins moreover adds," "I am truly rejoiced that my cousin Lydia's sad business has been so well hushed up, and am only concerned that their living together before the marriage took place should be so generally known. I must not, however, neglect the duties of my station, or refrain from declaring my amazement at hearing that you received the young couple into your house as soon as they were married. It was an encouragement of vice; and had I been the rector of Longbourn, I should very strenuously have opposed it. You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing." "That is his notion of Christian forgiveness! The rest of his letter is only about his dear Charlotte's situation, and his expectation of a young olive-branch. But, Lizzy, you look as if you did not enjoy it. You are not going to be Missish, I hope, and pretend to be affronted at an idle report. For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?"
“‘昨夜不佞曾与夫人提及此次联姻可能成为事实,深蒙夫人本其平日推爱之忱,以其隐衷见告。彼谓此事千万不能赞同,盖以令嫒门户低微,缺陷太多,若竟而与之联姻实在有失体统。故不佞自觉责无旁贷,应将此事及早奉告表妹,冀表妹及其所爱幕之贵人皆能深明大体,以免肆无忌惮,私订终身!’────柯林斯先生还说:‘丽迪雅表妹之不贞事件得心圆满解决,殊为欣慰。唯不佞每念及其婚前即与人同居,秽闻远扬,仍不免有所痛心。不佞尤不能已于言者,厥为彼等一经确定夫妇名份,先生即迎之入尊府,诚令人不胜骇异,盖先生此举实系助长伤风败俗之恶习耳。设以不佞为浪搏恩牧师,必然坚决反对。先生身为基督教徒,固当宽恕为怀,然则以先生之本份而言,唯有拒见其人,拒闻其名耳。’这就是他所谓的基督宽恕精神!下面写的都是关于他亲爱的夏绿蒂的一些情形,他们快要生小孩了。怎么,丽萃,你好象不乐意听似的。我想,你不见得也有那种小姐腔,假装正经,听到这种废话就要生气吧。人生在世,要不是让人家开开玩笑,回头来又取笑别人,那还有什么意思?”

"Oh!" cried Elizabeth, "I am excessively diverted. But it is so strange!"
伊丽莎白大声叫道:“噢,我听得非常有趣。不过这事情实在古怪!”

"Yes -- that is what makes it amusing. Had they fixed on any other man it would have been nothing; but his perfect indifference, and your pointed dislike, make it so delightfully absurd! Much as I abominate writing, I would not give up Mr. Collins's correspondence for any consideration. Nay, when I read a letter of his, I cannot help giving him the preference even over Wickham, much as I value the impudence and hypocrisy of my son-in-law. And pray, Lizzy, what said Lady Catherine about this report? Did she call to refuse her consent?"
“的确古怪──有趣的也正是这一点。如果他们讲的是另外一个人,那倒还说得过去。最可笑的是,那位贵人完全没有把你放在眼里,你对他又是厌恶透顶!我平常虽然最讨厌写信,可是我无论如何也不愿和柯林斯断绝书信往来。唔,我每次读到他的信,总觉得他比韦翰还要讨我喜欢。我那位女婿虽然又冒失又虚伪,还是及不上他。请问你,丽萃,咖苔琳夫人对这事是怎么说的?她是不是特地赶来表示反对?”

To this question his daughter replied only with a laugh; and as it had been asked without the least suspicion, she was not distressed by his repeating it. Elizabeth had never been more at a loss to make her feelings appear what they were not. It was necessary to laugh, when she would rather have cried. Her father had most cruelly mortified her, by what he said of Mr. Darcy's indifference, and she could do nothing but wonder at such a want of penetration, or fear that perhaps, instead of his seeing too little, she might have fancied too much.
女儿听到父亲问这句话,只是笑了一笑。其实父亲这一问完全没有一点猜疑的意思,因此他问了又问,也没有使她感觉到痛苦。伊丽莎白从来没有象今天这样为难:心里想的是一套,表面上却要装出另一套。她真想哭,可是又不得不强颜为笑。父亲说达西先生没有把她放在眼里,这句话未免太使她伤心。她只有怪她父亲为什么这样糊涂,或者说,她现在心里又添了一重顾虑:这件事也许倒不能怪父亲看见得太少,而应该怪她自己幻想得太多呢。