Mrs. Gardiner, to whom the chief of this news had been given before, in the course of Jane and Elizabeth's correspondence with her, made her sister a slight answer, and, in compassion to her nieces, turned the conversation.
嘉丁纳太太远在跟吉英以及伊丽莎白通信的时候,大体上就已经知道了她们家里最近发生的这些事情,又为了体贴外甥女儿们起见,只稍微敷衍了班纳特太太几句,便把这个话题岔开了。
When alone with Elizabeth afterwards, she spoke more on the subject. "It seems likely to have been a desirable match for Jane," said she. "I am sorry it went off. But these things happen so often! A young man, such as you describe Mr. Bingley, so easily falls in love with a pretty girl for a few weeks, and when accident separates them, so easily forgets her, that these sort of inconstancies are very frequent."
后来伊丽莎白跟她两人在一起的时候,又谈到了这件事。她说:“这倒也许是吉英的一门美满亲事,只可惜吹了。可是这种情形往往是难免!象你所说的彬格莱先生这样的青年,往往不消几个星期的工夫,就会爱上一位美丽的姑娘,等到有一件偶然的事故把他们分开了,他也就很容易把她忘了,这种见异思迁的事情多的是。”
"An excellent consolation in its way," said Elizabeth, "but it will not do for us. We do not suffer by accident. It does not often happen that the interference of friends will persuade a young man of independent fortune to think no more of a girl, whom he was violently in love with only a few days before."
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