遇到这种情形,只有象朝廷大臣那样能够逆来顺受的人,才不会生气,好在威廉爵士颇有素养,竟没有把它当一回事,虽然他要求她们相信他说的是实话,可是他却使出了极大的忍耐功夫,满有礼貌地听着她们无理的谈吐。
Elizabeth, feeling it incumbent on her to relieve him from so unpleasant a situation, now put herself forward to confirm his account, by mentioning her prior knowledge of it from Charlotte herself; and endeavoured to put a stop to the exclamations of her mother and sisters, by the earnestness of her congratulations to Sir William, in which she was readily joined by Jane, and by making a variety of remarks on the happiness that might be expected from the match, the excellent character of Mr. Collins, and the convenient distance of Hunsford from London.
伊丽莎白觉得自己有责任帮助他来打开这种僵局,于是挺身而出,证明他说的实话,说是刚刚已经听到夏绿蒂本人谈起过了。为了尽力使母亲和妹妹们不再大惊小怪,她便诚恳地向威廉爵士道喜,吉英马上也替她帮腔,又用种种话来说明这门婚姻是何等幸福,柯林斯先生品格又非常好,汉斯福和伦敦相隔不远往返方便。
Mrs. Bennet was in fact too much overpowered to say a great deal while Sir William remained; but no sooner had he left them than her feelings found a rapid vent. In the first place, she persisted in disbelieving the whole of the matter; secondly, she was very sure that Mr. Collins had been taken in; thirdly, she trusted that they would never be happy together; and fourthly, that the match might be broken off. Two inferences, however, were plainly deduced from the whole; one, that Elizabeth was the real cause of all the mischief; and the other, that she herself had been barbarously used by them all; and on these two points she principally dwelt during the rest of the day. Nothing could console and nothing appease her. -- Nor did that day wear out her resentment. A week elapsed before she could see Elizabeth without scolding her, a month passed away before she could speak to Sir William or Lady Lucas without being rude, and many months were gone before she could at all forgive their daughter.
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