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"But can you think that Lydia is so lost to every thing but love of him, as to consent to live with him on any other terms than marriage?''
“可是你以為麗迪雅為了愛(ài)他，竟會(huì)不顧一切，可以不跟他結(jié)婚而跟他同居嗎？”
"It does seem, and it is most shocking indeed,'' replied Elizabeth, with tears in her eyes, "that a sister's sense of decency and virtue in such a point should admit of doubt. But, really, I know not what to say. Perhaps I am not doing her justice. But she is very young; she has never been taught to think on serious subjects; and for the last half year, nay, for a twelvemonth, she has been given up to nothing but amusement and vanity. She has been allowed to dispose of her time in the most idle and frivolous manner, and to adopt any opinions that came in her way. Since the ----shire were first quartered in Meryton, nothing but love, flirtation, and officers have been in her head. She has been doing every thing in her power, by thinking and talking on the subject, to give greater -- what shall I call it? -- susceptibility to her feelings, which are naturally lively enough. And we all know that Wickham has every charm of person and address that can captivate a woman.''
伊麗莎白眼睛里涌起了眼淚說(shuō)道：“說(shuō)起來(lái)真是駭人聽(tīng)聞，一個(gè)人居然懷疑到自己親妹妹會(huì)不顧體面，不顧貞操！可是我的確不知道該怎么說(shuō)才好。也許是我冤枉了她。她很年輕，又從來(lái)沒(méi)有人教她應(yīng)該怎樣去考慮這些重大的問(wèn)題；半年以來(lái)……不，整整一年以來(lái)──她只知道開(kāi)心作樂(lè)，愛(ài)好虛榮。家里縱容她，讓她盡過(guò)些輕浮浪蕩的日子，讓她隨便遇到什么事情都是輕信盲從。自從民兵團(tuán)駐扎到麥里屯以后，她一腦子只想到談情說(shuō)愛(ài)，賣(mài)弄風(fēng)情，勾搭軍官。她先天就已經(jīng)足夠騷，再加上老是想這件事，談這件事，想盡辦法使自己的感情更加……我應(yīng)該說(shuō)更加怎么呢？……更加容易被人家誘惑。我們都知道韋翰無(wú)論在儀表方面，辭令方面，都有足夠的魅力可以迷住一個(gè)女人。”
"But you see that Jane,'' said her aunt, "does not think so ill of Wickham as to believe him capable of the attempt.''
“可是你得明白，”她的舅母說(shuō)，“吉英就不把韋翰看得那么壞，她認(rèn)為他不會(huì)存這種心腸。”
"Of whom does Jane ever think ill? And who is there, whatever might be their former conduct, that she would believe capable of such an attempt, till it were proved against them? But Jane knows, as well as I do, what Wickham really is. We both know that he has been profligate in every sense of the word. That he has neither integrity nor honour. That he is as false and deceitful, as he is insinuating.''
“吉英何嘗把任何人看作壞人？不管是什么樣的人，無(wú)論他過(guò)去的行為怎樣，除非等到事實(shí)證明了那個(gè)人確實(shí)是壞，她怎么會(huì)相信人家會(huì)存這種心腸？可是說(shuō)到韋翰的底細(xì)，吉英卻和我一樣明白。我們倆都知道他是個(gè)不折不扣的淫棍，他既沒(méi)有人格，又不顧體面，一味虛情假意，柔聲媚氣。”
"And do you really know all this?'' cried Mrs. Gardiner, whose curiosity as to the mode of her intelligence was all alive.
這番話使嘉丁納太太起了極大的好奇心，想要弄明白外甥女兒怎么知道這些事情的，便大聲問(wèn)道：“這些情形你真的都了解嗎？”
