"You must give me leave to flatter myself, my dear cousin, that your refusal of my addresses is merely words of course. My reasons for believing it are briefly these: -- It does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy your acceptance, or that the establishment I can offer would be any other than highly desirable. My situation in life, my connections with the family of De Bourgh, and my relationship to your own, are circumstances highly in its favor; and you should take it into farther consideration that in spite of your manifold attractions, it is by no means certain that another offer of marriage may ever be made you. Your portion is unhappily so small that it will in all likelihood undo the effects of your loveliness and amiable qualifications. As I must therefore conclude that you are not serious in your rejection of me, I shall chuse to attribute it to your wish of increasing my love by suspense, according to the usual practice of elegant females."
“要是下趟我有幸再跟你谈到这个问题,我希望你能够给我一个比这次满意点的回答。我不怪你这次冷酷无情,因为我知道,你们姑娘们对于男人第一次的求婚,照例总是拒绝,也许你刚刚听说的一番话,正符合女人家微妙的性格,反而足以鼓励我继续追求下去。”
伊丽莎白一听此话,不免有些气恼,便大声叫道:“柯林斯先生,你真弄得我太莫名其妙了。我的话已经说到这个地步,要是你还觉得这是鼓励你的话,那我可不知道该怎么样放纵你,才能使你死心塌地。”
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