"I thank you for my share of the favour," said Elizabeth; "but I do not particularly like your way of getting husbands."
伊丽莎白连忙说:“谢谢你的关怀,可惜你这种找丈夫的方式,我不太欣赏。”
Their visitors were not to remain above ten days with them. Mr. Wickham had received his commission before he left London, and he was to join his regiment at the end of a fortnight.
新夫妇只能和家里相聚十天。韦翰先生在没有离开伦敦之前就已经受到了委任,必须在两星期以内就到团部去报到。
No one but Mrs. Bennet regretted that their stay would be so short; and she made the most of the time by visiting about with her daughter, and having very frequent parties at home. These parties were acceptable to all; to avoid a family circle was even more desirable to such as did think, than such as did not.
只有班纳特太太一个人惋惜他们行期太匆促,因此她尽量抓紧时间,陪着女儿到处走亲访友,又常常在家里宴客。这些宴会大家都欢迎:没有心思的人固然愿意赴宴,有心思的人更愿意借这个机会出去解解闷。
Wickham's affection for Lydia was just what Elizabeth had expected to find it; not equal to Lydia's for him. She had scarcely needed her present observation to be satisfied, from the reason of things, that their elopement had been brought on by the strength of her love, rather than by his; and she would have wondered why, without violently caring for her, he chose to elope with her at all, had she not felt certain that his flight was rendered necessary by distress of circumstances; and if that were the case, he was not the young man to resist an opportunity of having a companion.
果然不出伊丽莎白所料,韦翰对丽迪雅的恩爱比不上丽迪雅对韦翰那样深厚。从一切事实上都可以看出来,他们的私奔多半是因为丽迪雅热爱韦翰,而不是因为韦翰热爱丽迪雅,这在伊丽莎白看来,真是一件显而易见的事。至于说,他既然并不十分爱她为什么还要跟她私奔,伊丽莎白一点也不觉得奇怪,因为她断定韦翰这次为债务所逼,本来非逃跑不可;那么,象他这样一个青年,路上有一个女人陪陪他,他当然不愿错过机会。
Lydia was exceedingly fond of him. He was her dear Wickham on every occasion; no one was to be put in competition with him. He did every thing best in the world; and she was sure he would kill more birds on the first of September, than any body else in the country.
丽迪雅太喜欢他了,她每说一句话就要叫一声亲爱的韦翰。谁也比不上他。他无论做什么事都是天下第一。她相信到了九月一日那一天,他射到的鸟一定比全国任何人都要多。
One morning, soon after their arrival, as she was sitting with her two elder sisters, she said to Elizabeth, "Lizzy, I never gave you an account of my wedding, I believe. You were not by, when I told mamma and the others all about it. Are not you curious to hear how it was managed?"
他们来到这儿没有多少时候,有一天早晨,丽迪雅跟两位姐姐坐在一起,对伊丽莎白说:“丽萃,我还没有跟你讲起过我结婚的情形呢。我跟妈妈和别的姐姐们讲的时候,你都不在场。你难道不想要听听这场喜事是怎么办的吗?”
"No really," replied Elizabeth; "I think there cannot be too little said on the subject."
“不想听,真不想听,”伊丽莎白回答道:“我认为这桩事谈得不算少了。”