Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters were met at the door of the house by Sir John, who welcomed them to Barton Park with unaffected sincerity; and as he attended them to the drawing room repeated to the young ladies the concern which the same subject had drawn from him the day before, at being unable to get any smart young men to meet them. They would see, he said, only one gentleman there besides himself; a particular friend who was staying at the park, but who was neither very young nor verygay. He hoped they would all excuse the smallness of the party, and could assure them it should never happen so again. He had been to several families that morning in hopes of procuring some addition to their number, but it was moonlight and every body was full of engagements. Luckily Lady Middleton's mother had arrived at Barton within the last hour, and as she was a very cheerful agreeable woman, he hoped the young ladies would not find it so very dull as they might imagine. The young ladies, as well as their mother, were perfectly satisfied with having two entire strangers of the party, and wished for no more.
约翰爵士在门口迎接达什伍德母女,真诚地欢迎她们光临巴顿庄园。他陪着客人步入客厅,一再向几位小姐表示,没有找来几位漂亮小伙子来欢迎她们,他深感不安;前一天,这个问题已经引起了他的不安。他说,除他之外,她们在这里只能见到一位男客。这是他的一位特别要好的朋友,现在就住在他的宅第里,不过他既不年轻,也不活跃。宾客这么少,希望小姐们见谅,并且向她们保证:以后决不会再发生类似情况。那天上午,他跑了好几家,想多拉几个人来,怎奈今宵是月明之夜,大家都有约会。幸运的是,米德尔顿夫人的母亲才来到巴顿不久。她是个非常快乐、非常和蔼的女人,爵士希望小姐们不会像她们想象的那样感到枯燥无味。几位小姐和她们的母亲见席上有两位素不相识的客人,也就心满意足,并没有别的奢望。
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