"Dear Ma'am, do not go. -- I beg you will not go. -- Mr. Collins must excuse me. -- He can have nothing to say to me that any body need not hear. I am going away myself."
"No, no, nonsense, Lizzy. -- I desire you will stay where you are." -- And upon Elizabeth's seeming really, with vexed and embarrassed looks, about to escape, she added, "Lizzy, I insist upon your staying and hearing Mr. Collins."
“噢,好极了,当然可以。我相信丽萃也很乐意的,我相信她还会反对。──来,吉蒂,跟我上楼去。”她把针线收拾了一下,便匆匆忙忙走开了,这时伊丽莎白叫起来了:
“亲爱的妈,别走。我求求你别走。柯林斯先生一定会原谅我。他要跟我说和话,别人都可以听的。我也要走了。”
“不,不;你别胡扯,丽萃。我要你待在这儿不动。”只见伊丽莎白又恼又窘,好象真要逃走的样子,于是她又说道:“我非要你待在这儿听柯林斯先生说话不可。”
Elizabeth would not oppose such an injunction -- and a moment's consideration making her also sensible that it would be wisest to get it over as soon and as quietly as possible, she sat down again, and tried to conceal by incessant employment the feelings which were divided between distress and diversion. Mrs. Bennet and Kitty walked off, and as soon as they were gone Mr. Collins began.
"Believe me, my dear Miss Elizabeth, that your modesty, so far from doing you any disservice, rather adds to your other perfections. You would have been less amiable in my eyes had there not been this little unwillingness; but allow me to assure you that I have your respected mother's permission for this address. You can hardly doubt the purport of my discourse, however your natural delicacy may lead you to dissemble; my attentions have been too marked to be mistaken. Almost as soon as I entered the house I singled you out as the companion of my future life. But before I am run away with by my feelings on this subject, perhaps it will be advisable for me to state my reasons for marrying -- and moreover for coming into Hertfordshire with the design of selecting a wife, as I certainly did."
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