“是的;最小的一个才十六岁。或许她还太小,不适宜多交朋友。不过,太太,要是因为姐姐们无法早嫁,或是不想早嫁,做妹妹的就不能有社交和娱乐,那实在太苦了她们。最小的和最大的同样有消受青春的权利。怎么能为了这样的原由,就叫她们死守在家里!我以为那样做就不可能促进姐妹之间的情感,也不可能养成温柔的性格。”
"Upon my word," said her ladyship, "you give your opinion very decidedly for so young a person. -- pray, what is your age?"
“真想不到,”夫人说,“你这么小的一个人,倒这样有主见。请问你几岁啦?”
"With three younger sisters grown up," replied Elizabeth smiling, "your Ladyship can hardly expect me to own it."
“我已经有了三个成人的妹妹,”伊丽莎白笑着说。“你老人家总不会再要我招出年纪来了吧。”
Lady Catherine seemed quite astonished at not receiving a direct answer; and Elizabeth suspected herself to be the first creature who had ever dared to trifle with so much dignified impertinence!
咖苔琳夫人没有得到直截了当的回答,显得很惊奇;伊丽莎白觉得敢于和这种没有礼貌的富贵太太开玩笑,恐怕要推她自己为第一个人。
"You cannot be more than twenty, I am sure, -- therefore you need not conceal your age."
“你不会超过二十岁,所以你也不必瞒年纪。”
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