MORE than once did Elizabeth in her ramble within the Park, unexpectedly meet Mr. Darcy. -- She felt all the perverseness of the mischance that should bring him where no one else was brought; and to prevent its ever happening again, took care to inform him at first that it was a favourite haunt of hers. -- How it could occur a second time, therefore, was very odd! -- Yet it did, and even a third. It seemed like wilful ill-nature, or a voluntary penance, for on these occasions it was not merely a few formal enquiries and an awkward pause and then away, but he actually thought it necessary to turn back and walk with her. He never said a great deal, nor did she give herself the trouble of talking or of listening much; but it struck her in the course of their third rencontre that he was asking some odd unconnected questions -- about her pleasure in being at Hunsford, her love of solitary walks, and her opinion of Mr. and Mrs. Collins's happiness; and that in speaking of Rosings, and her not perfectly understanding the house, he seemed to expect that whenever she came into Kent again she would be staying there too. His words seemed to imply it. Could he have Colonel Fitzwilliam in his thoughts? She supposed, if he meant any thing, he must mean an allusion to what might arise in that quarter. It distressed her a little, and she was quite glad to find herself at the gate in the pales opposite the Parsonage.
伊丽莎白在花园里散步的时候,曾经好多次出乎意料地碰见达西先生。别人不来的地方他偏偏会来,这真是不幸,她觉得好象是命运在故意跟她闹别扭。她第一次就对他说,她喜欢独自一人到这地方来溜达,当时的用意就是不让以后再有这种事情发生。如果会有第二次,那才叫怪呢。然而毕竟有了第二次,甚至还会有第三次,看上去他好象是故意跟她过不去,否则就是有心要来赔罪;因为这几次他既不是跟她敷衍几句就哑口无言,也不是稍隔一会儿就走开,而是当真掉过头来跟她一块儿走走。他从来不多说话,她也懒得多讲,懒得多听;可是第三次见面的时候,他问她住在汉斯福快活不快活,问她为什么喜欢孤单单一个人散步,又问起她是不是觉得柯林斯夫妇很幸福。谈起罗新斯,她说她对于那家人家不大了解,他倒好象希望她以后每逢有机会再到肯特来,也会去那儿小住一阵,从他的出言吐语里面听得出他有这层意思。难道他在替费茨威廉上校转念头吗?她想,如果他当真话里有音,那他一定暗示那个人对她有些动心。她觉得有些痛苦,她在已经走到牧师住宅对过的围墙门口,因此又觉得很高兴。

She was engaged one day, as she walked, in re-perusing Jane's last letter, and dwelling on some passages which proved that Jane had not written in spirits, when, instead of being again surprised by Mr. Darcy, she saw on looking up, that Colonel Fitzwilliam was meeting her. Putting away the letter immediately and forcing a smile, she said, "I did not know before that you ever walked this way."
有一天,她正在一面散步,一面重新读着吉英上一次的来信,把吉英心灰意冷时所写的那几段仔细咀嚼着,这时候又让人吓了一跳,可是抬头一看,只见这次并不是达西,而是费茨威廉上校正在迎面走来。她立刻收起了那封信,勉强做出一副笑脸,说道:“没想到你也会到这儿来。”

"I have been making the tour of the Park," he replied, "as I generally do every year, and intend to close it with a call at the Parsonage. Are you going much farther?"
费茨威廉回答道:“我每年都是这样,临走以前总得要到花园里各处去兜一圈,最后上牧师家来拜望。你还要往前走吗?”

"No, I should have turned in a moment."
“不,我马上就要回去了。”

And accordingly she did turn, and they walked towards the Parsonage together.
于是她果真转过身来,两人一同朝着牧师住宅走去。

"Do you certainly leave Kent on Saturday?" said she.
“你真的星期六就要离开肯特吗?”她问。

"Yes -- if Darcy does not put it off again. But I am at his disposal. He arranges the business just as he pleases."
“是的,只要达西不再拖延。不过我得听他调遣。他办起事来只是凭他自己高兴。”

"And if not able to please himself in the arrangement, he has at least great pleasure in the power of choice. I do not know any body who seems more to enjoy the power of doing what he likes than Mr. Darcy."
“即使不能顺着他自己的意思去摆布,至少也要顺着他自己意思去选择一下。我从来没有看见过哪一个人,象达西先生这样喜欢当权作主,为所欲为。”

"He likes to have his own way very well," replied Colonel Fitzwilliam. "But so we all do. It is only that he has better means of having it than many others, because he is rich, and many others are poor. I speak feelingly. A younger son, you know, must be inured to self-denial and dependence."
“他太任性了,”费茨威廉上校回答道。“可是我们全都如此。只不过他比一般人有条件,可以那么做,因为他有钱,一般人穷。我是说的真心话。你知道,一个小儿子可就不得不克制自己,仰仗别人。”

"In my opinion, the younger son of an Earl can know very little of either. Now, seriously, what have you ever known of self-denial and dependence? When have you been prevented by want of money from going wherever you chose, or procuring any thing you had a fancy for?"
“在我看来,一个伯爵的小儿子,对这两件事简直就一点儿不懂。再说,我倒要问你一句正经话,你又懂得什么叫做克制自己和仰仗别人呢?我有没有哪一次因为没有钱,想去什么地方去不成,爱买一样东西买不成?”

"These are home questions -- and perhaps I cannot say that I have experienced many hardships of that nature. But in matters of greater weight, I may suffer from the want of money. Younger sons cannot marry where they like."
“你问得好,或许我在这方面也是不知艰苦。可是遇到重大问题,我可能就会因为没有钱而吃苦了。小儿子往往有了意中人而不能结婚。”