Elizabeth, to whom Jane very soon communicated the chief of all this, heard it in silent indignation. Her heart was divided between concern for her sister, and resentment against all the others. To Caroline's assertion of her brother's being partial to Miss Darcy she paid no credit. That he was really fond of Jane, she doubted no more than she had ever done; and much as she had always been disposed to like him, she could not think without anger, hardly without contempt, on that easiness of temper, that want of proper resolution which now made him the slave of his designing friends, and led him to sacrifice his own happiness to the caprice of their inclinations. Had his own happiness, however, been the only sacrifice, he might have been allowed to sport with it in what ever manner he thought best; but her sister's was involved in it, as, she thought, he must be sensible himself. It was a subject, in short, on which reflection would be long indulged, and must be unavailing. She could think of nothing else, and yet whether Bingley's regard had really died away, or were suppressed by his friends' interference; whether he had been aware of Jane's attachment, or whether it had escaped his observation; whichever were the case, though her opinion of him must be materially affected by the difference, her sister's situation remained the same, her peace equally wounded.
吉英立刻把这些事大都告诉了伊丽莎白,伊丽莎白听了,怒而不言。她真伤心透了,一方面是关怀自己的姐姐,另方面是怨恨那帮人。珈罗琳信上说她哥哥钟情于达西小姐,伊丽莎白无论如何也不相信。她仍旧象以往一样,相信彬格莱先生真正喜欢吉英。伊丽莎白一向很看重他,现在才知道他原来是这样一个容易说话而没有主意的人,以致被他那批诡计多端的朋友们牵制住了,听凭他们反复无常地作弄他,拿他的幸福作牺牲品──想到这些,她就不能不气愤,甚至不免有些看不起他。要是只有他个人的幸福遭到牺牲,那他爱怎么胡搞都可以,可是这里面毕竟还牵涉着她姐姐的幸福,她相信他自己也应该明白。简单说来,这问题当然反复考虑过,到头来一定是没有办法。她想不起什么别的了。究竟是彬格莱先生真的变了心呢,还是根本不知道?虽然对她说来,她应该辨明其中的是非曲直,然后才能断定他是好是坏,可是对她姐姐说来,反正都是一样地伤心难受。
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