In the dining-room they were soon joined by Mary and Kitty, who had been too busily engaged in their separate apartments, to make their appearance before. One came from her books, and the other from her toilette. The faces of both, however, were tolerably calm; and no change was visible in either, except that the loss of her favourite sister, or the anger which she had herself incurred in the business, had given something more of fretfulnessthan usual to the accents of Kitty. As for Mary, she was mistress enough of herself to whisper to Elizabeth, with a countenance of grave reflection, soon after they were seated at table,
他们走进饭厅不久,曼丽和吉蒂也来了,原来这两姐妹都在自己房间里忙着各人自己的事,一个在读书,一个在化妆,因此没有能够早一些出来。两人的脸色都相当平静,看不出有什么变化,只是吉蒂讲话的声调比平常显得暴躁一些,这或者是因为她丢了一个心爱的妹妹而感到伤心,或者是因为这件事也使她觉得气愤。至于曼丽,她却自有主张,等大家坐定以后,她便摆出一副严肃的面孔,跟伊丽莎白低声说道:
"This is a most unfortunate affair; and will probably be much talked of. But we must stem the tide of malice, and pour into the wounded bosoms of each other the balmof sisterly consolation."
“家门不幸,遭此惨祸,很可能会引起外界议论纷纷。人心恶毒,我们一定要及时防范,免得一发不可收拾。我们要用姐妹之情来安慰彼此创伤的心灵。
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