她看到外甥女儿情绪消沉;可是,家里既然出了这种不幸的事情,自然难免如此,不必把这种现象牵扯到别的原因上面去。因此她还是摸不着一点边际。只有伊丽莎白自己明白自己的心思,她想,要是不认识达西,那么丽迪雅这件丢脸的事也许会叫她多少好受些,也许可以使她减少几个失眠之夜。
When Mr. Bennet arrived, he had all the appearance of his usual philosophiccomposure. He said as little as he had ever been in the habit of saying; made no mention of the business that had taken him away, and it was some time before his daughters had courage to speak of it.
班纳特先生回到家里,仍然是那一副乐天安命的样子。他还是象平常一样不多说话,根本不提起他这次外出是为了什么事情,女儿们也过了好久才敢提起。
It was not till the afternoon, when he joined them at tea, that Elizabeth ventured to introduce the subject; and then, on her briefly expressing her sorrow for what he must have endured, he replied, "Say nothing of that. Who would suffer but myself? It has been my own doing, and I ought to feel it."
一直到下午,他跟她们一块儿喝茶的时候,伊丽莎白才大胆地谈到这件事。她先简单地说到他这次一定吃了不少的苦,这使她很难过,他却回答道:“别说这种话吧。除了我自己之外,还有谁该受罪呢?我自己做的事应该自己承担。
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