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In vain did Elizabeth attempt to make her reasonable, and Jane to make her resigned. As for Elizabeth herself, this invitation was so far from exciting in her the same feelings as in her mother and Lydia, that she considered it as the death warrant of all possibility of common sense for the latter; and detestable as such a step must make her were it known, she could not help secretly advising her father not to let her go. She represented to him all the improprieties of Lydia's general behaviour, the little advantage she could derive from the friendship of such a woman as Mrs. Forster, and the probability of her being yet more imprudent with such a companion at Brighton, where the temptations must be greater than at home. He heard her attentively, and then said:
"Lydia will never be easy until she has exposed herself in some public place or other, and we can never expect her to do it with so little expense or inconvenience to her family as under the present circumstances. "
1.in vain 徒劳 All his attempts were in vain. 他的一切尝试全归无效。
2.as for 至于, 关于 As for you, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. 至于你,你应该感到惭愧。
3.expect sb. to do sth. 期待某人去做某事 My father expects me to be a doctor. 我父亲期待我成为一名医生。 warrant, temptation, imprudent, inconvenience
