大约就在这时候,嘉丁纳太太把上次伊丽莎白答应过怎样对待韦翰的事,又向伊丽莎白提醒了一下,并且问起最近的情况如何;伊丽莎白回信上所说的话,虽然自己颇不满意,可是舅母听了却很满意。原来他对她显著的好感已经消失,他对她的殷勤也已经过去──他爱上了别人了。伊丽莎白很留心地看出了这一切,可是她虽然看出了这一切,在信上也写到这一切,却并没有感到什么痛苦,她只不过稍许有些感触。她想,如果她有些财产,早就成为他唯一的意中人了──想到这里,她的虚荣心也就得到了满足。拿他现在所倾倒的那位姑娘来说,她的最显著的魅力就是使他可以获得一万金镑的意外巨款;可是伊丽莎白对自己这件事,也许不如上次对夏绿蒂的事那么看得清楚,因此并没有因为他追求物质享受而怨怪他。她反而以为这是再自然不过的事;她也想象到他遗弃她一定颇费踌躇,可又觉得这对于双方都是一种既聪明而又理想的办法,并且诚心诚意地祝他幸福。
All this was acknowledged to Mrs. Gardiner; and after relating the circumstances, she thus went on: -- "I am now convinced, my dear aunt, that I have never been much in love; for had I really experienced that pure and elevating passion, I should at present detesthis very name, and wish him all manner of evil. But my feelings are not only cordialtowards him; they are even impartial towards Miss King. I cannot find out that I hate her at all, or that I am in the least unwilling to think her a very good sort of girl. There can be no love in all this. My watchfulness has been effectualand though I should certainly be a more interesting object to all my acquaintance, were I distractedly in love with him, I cannot say that I regret my comparative insignificance. Importance may sometimes be purchased too dearly. Kitty and Lydia take his defection much more to heart than I do. They are young in the ways of the world, and not yet open to the mortifying convictionthat handsome young men must have something to live on, as well as the plain."
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