伊麗莎白等柯林斯夫婦走了以后，便把她到肯特以來所收到吉英的信，全都拿出來一封封仔細閱讀，好象是為了故意要跟達西做冤家做到底似的

When they were gone, Elizabeth, as if intending toexasperateherself as much as possible against Mr. Darcy, chose for her employment the examination of all the letters which Jane had written to her since her being in Kent. They contained no actual complaint, nor was there any revival of past occurrences, or any communication of present suffering. But in all, and in almost every line of each, there was a want of that cheerfulness which had been used to characterise her style, and which, proceeding from the serenity of a mindat ease withitself and kindly disposed towards everyone, had been scarcely ever clouded. Elizabeth noticed every sentence conveying the idea of uneasiness, with an attention which it had hardly received on the firstperusal. Mr. Darcy's shameful boast of what misery he had been able to inflict, gave her a keener sense of her sister's sufferings. It was some consolation to think that his visit to Rosings was to end on the day after the next--and, a still greater, that in less than afortnightshe should herself be with Jane again, and enabled to contribute to the recovery of her spirits, by all that affection could do.

She could not think of Darcy's leaving Kent without remembering that his cousin was to go with him; but Colonel Fitzwilliam had made it clear that he had no intentions at all, and agreeable as he was, she did not mean to be unhappy about him.

While settling this point, she was suddenly roused by the sound of the door-bell, and her spirits were a little fluttered by the idea of its being Colonel Fitzwilliam himself, who had once before called late in the evening, and might now come to inquire particularly after her. But this idea was soon banished, and her spirits were very differently affected, when, to her utter amazement, she saw Mr. Darcy walk into the room. In an hurried manner he immediately began an inquiry after her health, imputing his visit to a wish of hearing that she were better. She answered him with cold civility. He sat down for a few moments, and then getting up, walked about the room. Elizabeth was surprised, but said not a word. After a silence of several minutes, he came towards her in an agitated manner, and thus began:

"In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. "

Elizabeth's astonishment was beyond expression. She stared, coloured, doubted, and was silent. This he considered sufficient encouragement; and theavowalof all that he felt, and had long felt for her, immediately followed. He spoke well; but there were feelings besides those of the heart to be detailed; and he was not more eloquent on the subject of tenderness than of pride. His sense of her inferiority--of its being a degradation--of the family obstacles which had always opposed to inclination, were dwelt on with a warmth which seemed due to the consequence he was wounding, but was very unlikely to recommend his suit.

詞語注釋：

1. exasperate 激怒, 觸怒
副詞: exasperatedly
名詞: exasperater
動詞過去式: exasperated
過去分詞: exasperated
現(xiàn)在分詞: exasperating
第三人稱單數(shù): exasperates

2. at ease with與某人輕松地相處
例句：I am so ill at ease with strangers. 我和陌生人在一起非常不自在。
3. perusal n.
1. 熟讀,精讀,細讀,閱讀2. 仔細觀察;仔細研究 3. 翻閱;瀏覽
4. fortnight 兩星期，十四天
5. avowal公開宣布,聲明;告白,承認
例句：The press carried his avowal throughout the country. 全國的報紙登載了他承認的消息。

伊麗莎白等柯林斯夫婦走了以后，便把她到肯特以來所收到吉英的信，全都拿出來一封封仔細閱讀，好象是為了故意要跟達西做冤家做到底似的。信上并沒有寫什么真正埋怨的話，既沒有提起過去的事情，也沒有訴說目前的。她素性嫻靜，心腸仁愛，因此她的文筆從來不帶一些陰暗的色彩，總是歡欣鼓舞的心情躍然紙上，可是現(xiàn)在，讀遍了她所有的信，甚至讀遍了她每一封信的字里行間，也找不出這種歡欣的筆調(diào)。伊麗莎白只覺得信上每一句話都流露著不安的心情，因為她這一次是用心精讀的，而上一次她卻讀得很馬虎，所以沒有注意到這種地方。達西先生恬不知恥地夸口說，叫人家受罪是他的拿手好戲，這使她愈發(fā)深刻地體會到姐姐的痛苦。想到達西后天就要離開羅新斯，她總算可以稍覺安慰，而更大的安慰是，不到兩個星期，她又可以和吉英在一起了，而且可以用一切感情的力量去幫助她重新振作起精神來。

一想起達西就要離開肯特，便不免記起了他的表兄弟也要跟著他一起走；可是費茨威廉已經(jīng)表明他自己決沒有什么意圖，因此，他雖然挺叫人喜歡，她卻不至于為了他而不快活。她正在轉(zhuǎn)著這種念頭，突然聽到門鈴響，她以為是費茨威廉來了，心頭不由得跳動起來，因為他有一天晚上就是來得很晚的，這回可能是特地來問候她。但是她立刻就知道猜錯了，出乎她的意料，走進屋來的是達西先生，于是她情緒上又是另一種感覺。他立刻匆匆忙忙問她身體好了沒有，又說他是特地來聽她復(fù)元的好消息的。她客客氣氣地敷衍了他一下。他坐了幾分鐘，就站起身來，在房間里踱來踱去。伊麗莎白心里很奇怪，可是嘴上一言未發(fā)。沉默了幾分鐘以后，他帶著激動的神態(tài)走到她跟前說：

“我實在沒有辦法死捱活撐下去了。這怎么行。我的感情也壓制不住了。請允許我告訴你，我多么敬慕你，多么愛你。”

伊麗莎白真是說不出的驚奇。她瞪著眼，紅著臉，滿腹狐疑，閉口不響。他看這情形，便認為她是在慫恿他講下去，于是立刻把目前和以往對她的種種好感全都和盤托出。他說得很動聽，除了傾訴愛情以外，又把其他種種感想也源源本本說出來了。他一方面千言萬語地表示深情密意，但是另一方面卻又說了許許多多傲慢無禮的話。他覺得她出身低微，覺得自己是遷就她，而且家庭方面的種種障礙，往往會使他的見解和他的心愿不能相容并存……他這樣熱烈地傾訴，雖然顯得他這次舉動的慎重，卻未必能使他的求婚受到歡迎。