INSTEAD of receiving any such letter of excuse from his friend, as Elizabeth half expected Mr. Bingley to do, he was able to bring Darcy with him to Longbourn before many days had passed after Lady Catherine's visit. The gentlemen arrived early; and, before Mrs. Bennet had time to tell him of their having seen his aunt, of which her daughter sat in momentary dread, Bingley, who wanted to be alone with Jane, proposed their all walking out. It was agreed to. Mrs. Bennet was not in the habit of walking; Mary could never spare time; but the remaining five set off together. Bingley and Jane, however, soon allowed the others to outstrip them. They lagged behind, while Elizabeth, Kitty, and Darcy were to entertain each other. Very little was said by either; Kitty was too much afraid of him to talk; Elizabeth was secretly forming a desperate resolution; and perhaps he might be doing the same.
彬格莱先生非但没有如伊丽莎白所料,接到他朋友不能履约的道歉信,而且有咖苔琳夫人来过以后没有几天,就带着达西一同来到浪搏恩。两位贵客来得很早。吉英坐在那儿时时刻刻担心,唯恐母亲把达西的姨母来访的消息当面告诉达西,好在班纳特太太还没有来得及说这件事,彬格莱就提议出去散步,因为他要和吉英单独待在一块儿。大家都同意。班纳特太太没有散步的习惯,曼丽又从来不肯浪费时间,于是一同出去的只有五个人。彬格莱和吉英以马上就让别人走在前头,自己在后边走,让伊丽莎白、吉蒂和达西三个人去相应酬。三个人都不大说话:吉蒂很怕达西,因此不敢说话;伊丽莎白正在暗地里下最大的决心;达西或许也是一样。

They walked towards the Lucases, because Kitty wished to call upon Maria; and as Elizabeth saw no occasion for making it a general concern, when Kitty left them she went boldly on with him alone. Now was the moment for her resolution to be executed, and, while her courage was high, she immediately said,
他们向卢卡斯家里走去,因为吉蒂想要去看看玛丽亚;伊丽莎白觉得用不着大家都去,于是等吉蒂离开了他们以后,她就大着胆子跟他继续往前走。现在是她拿出决心来的时候了;她便立刻鼓起勇气跟他说;

"Mr. Darcy, I am a very selfish creature; and, for the sake of giving relief to my own feelings, care not how much I may be wounding your's. I can no longer help thanking you for your unexampled kindness to my poor sister. Ever since I have known it, I have been most anxious to acknowledge to you how gratefully I feel it. Were it known to the rest of my family, I should not have merely my own gratitude to express."
“达西先生,我是个自私自利的人,我只想叫自己心里痛快,也不管是否会伤害你的情感。你对我那位可怜的妹妹情义太重,我再也不能不感激你了。我自从知道了这件事情以后,一心就想对你表示谢忱;要是我家里人全都知道了,那么就不止我一个要感激你了。”

"I am sorry, exceedingly sorry," replied Darcy, in a tone of surprise and emotion, "that you have ever been informed of what may, in a mistaken light, have given you uneasiness. I did not think Mrs. Gardiner was so little to be trusted."
“我很抱歉,我真抱歉,”达西先生又是惊奇又是激动。“这件事要是以错误的眼光去看,也许会使你觉得不好受,想不到竟会让你知道。我没有料到嘉丁纳太太这样不可靠。”

"You must not blame my aunt. Lydia's thoughtlessness first betrayed to me that you had been concerned in the matter; and, of course, I could not rest till I knew the particulars. Let me thank you again and again, in the name of all my family, for that generous compassion which induced you to take so much trouble, and bear so many mortifications, for the sake of discovering them."
“你不应该怪我舅母。只因为丽迪雅自己不留神,先露出了口风,我才知道你牵涉在这件事情里面;那么我不打听个清楚明白,当然不肯罢休。让我代表我全家人谢谢你,多谢你本着一片同情心,不怕麻烦,受尽委屈,去找他们。”

"If you will thank me," he replied, "let it be for yourself alone. That the wish of giving happiness to you might add force to the other inducements which led me on, I shall not attempt to deny. But your family owe me nothing. Much as I respect them, I believe I thought only of you."
达西说:“如果你当真要谢我,你只消表明你自己的谢忱。无用否认,我所以做得那么起劲,除了别的原因以外,也为了想要使你高兴。你家里人不用感谢我。我虽然尊敬他们,可是当时我心里只想到你一个人。”

Elizabeth was too much embarrassed to say a word. After a short pause, her companion added, "You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever."
伊丽莎白窘得一句话也说不出来。过了片刻工夫,只听得她的朋友又说:“你是个爽快人,决不会开我的玩笑。请你老实告诉我,你的心情是否还是和四月里一样。我的心愿和情感依然如旧,只要你说一句话,我便再也不提起这桩事。”

Elizabeth, feeling all the more than common awkwardness and anxiety of his situation, now forced herself to speak; and immediately, though not very fluently, gave him to understand that her sentiments had undergone so material a change, since the period to which he alluded, as to make her receive with gratitude and pleasure his present assurances. The happiness which this reply produced, was such as he had probably never felt before; and he expressed himself on the occasion as sensibly and as warmly as a man violently in love can be supposed to do. Had Elizabeth been able to encounter his eye, she might have seen how well the expression of heartfelt delight, diffused over his face, became him; but, though she could not look, she could listen, and he told her of feelings, which, in proving of what importance she was to him, made his affection every moment more valuable.
伊丽莎白听他这样表明心迹,越发为他感到不安和焦急,便不得不开口说话。她立刻吞吞吐吐地告诉他说,自从他刚刚提起的那个时期到现在,她的心情已经起了很大的变化,现在她愿意以愉快和感激的心情来接受他这一番盛情美意。这个回答简直使他感到从来没有过的快乐,他正象一个狂恋热爱的人一样,立刻抓住这个机会,无限乖巧、无限热烈地向她倾诉衷曲。要是伊丽莎白能够抬起头来看看他那双眼睛,她就可以看出,他那满脸喜气洋洋的神气,使他变得多么漂亮;她虽然不敢看他的脸色,却敢听他的声音;只听得他把千丝万缕的感情都告诉了她,说她在他心目中是多么重要,使她越听越觉得他情感的宝贵。