柯林斯先生严肃地说:“就算咖苔琳夫人会有这样的想法,我想她老人家也决不会不赞成你。请你放心,我下次有幸见到她的时候,一定要在她面前把你的淑静、节俭、以及其他种种可爱的优点,大大夸奖一番。”
“说实话,柯林斯先生,任你怎么夸奖我,都是浪费唇舌。这自己的事自己会有主张,只要你相信我所说的话,就是赏我的脸了。我祝你幸福豪富。我所以放纵你的求婚,也就是为了免得你发生什么意外。而你呢,既然向我提出了求婚,那么,你对于我家里的事情,也就不必感到有什么不好意思了,将来浪博恩庄园一旦轮到你做评价,你就可以取之无愧了。这件事就这样一言为定吧。”她一面说,一面站起身来,要不是柯林斯先生向她说出下面的话,她早就走出屋子了。
"When I do myself the honour of speaking to you next on this subject I shall hope to receive a more favourable answer than you have now given me; though I am far from accusing you of cruelty at present, because I know it to be the established custom of your sex to reject a man on the first application, and perhaps you have even now said as much to encourage my suit as would be consistent with the true delicacy of the female character."
"Really, Mr. Collins," cried Elizabeth with some warmth, "you puzzle me exceedingly. If what I have hitherto said can appear to you in the form of encouragement, I know not how to express my refusal in such a way as may convince you of its being one."
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