By tea-time, however, the dose had been enough, and Mr. Bennet was glad to take his guest into the drawing-room again, and when tea was over, glad to invite him to read aloud to the ladies. Mr. Collinsreadilyassented, and a book was produced; but on beholding it (for every thing announced it to be from acirculatinglibrary), he started back, and begging pardon, protested that he never read novels. -- Kitty stared at him, and Lydia exclaimed. -- Other books were produced, and after somedeliberationhe chose Fordyce's Sermons. Lydia gaped as he opened the volume, and before he had, with verymonotonoussolemnity, read three pages, she interrupted him with,
不过到吃茶的时候,这一场罪总算受完了。班纳特先生高高兴兴地把客人带到会客室里,等到茶喝完了,他又高高兴兴地邀请他朗诵点什么给他的太太和小姐们听。柯林斯先生立刻就答应了,于是她们就拿了一本书给他,可是一看到那本书(因为那本书一眼就可以看出是从流通图书馆借来的)他就吃惊得往后一退,连忙声明他从来不读小说,请求她们原谅。吉蒂对他瞪着眼,丽迪雅叫起来了。于是她们另外拿了几本书来,他仔细考虑了一下以后,选了一本弗迪斯的《讲道集》。他一摊开那本书,丽迪雅不禁目瞪口呆,等到他那么单调无味,一本正经地刚要读完三页的时候,丽迪雅赶快岔断了他:
1.possess vt. 持有,支配
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