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"I do, indeed,'' replied Elizabeth, colouring. "I told you the other day, of his infamous behaviour to Mr. Darcy; and you, yourself, when last at Longbourn, heard in what manner he spoke of the man who had behaved with such forbearance and liberality towards him. And there are other circumstances which I am not at liberty -- which it is not worth while to relate; but his lies about the whole Pemberley family are endless. From what he said of Miss Darcy, I was thoroughly prepared to see a proud, reserved, disagreeable girl. Yet he knew to the contrary himself. He must know that she was amiable and unpretending as we have found her.''
伊麗莎白紅著臉回答道：“我當然了解，那一天我已經把他對待達西先生的無恥行為說給你聽過。人家待他那么寬宏大量，可是你上次在浪搏恩的時候，曾經親耳聽到他是以什么的態度談到人家。還有許多事情我不便于說，也不值得說，可是他對于彭伯里府上造謠中傷的事實，真是數說不盡。他把達西小姐說成那樣一個人，使得我開頭完全把她當做一位驕傲冷酷，惹人討厭的小姐。然而他自己也知道事實完全相反。他心里一定明白，達西小姐正象我們所看到的那樣和藹可親，一些也不裝腔作勢。”
"But does Lydia know nothing of this? Can she be ignorant of what you and Jane seem so well to understand?''
“難道麗迪雅完全不知道這些事嗎？既然你和吉英都了解得那么透徹，她自己怎么會完全不曉得？”
"Oh, yes! -- that, that is the worst of all. Till I was in Kent, and saw so much both of Mr. Darcy and his relation, Colonel Fitzwilliam, I was ignorant of the truth myself. And when I returned home, the ---- shire was to leave Meryton in a week or fortnight's time. As that was the case, neither Jane, to whom I related the whole, nor I, thought it necessary to make our knowledge public; for of what use could it apparently be to any one that the good opinion which all the neighbourhood had of him should then be overthrown? And even when it was settled that Lydia should go with Mrs. Forster, the necessity of opening her eyes to his character never occurred to me. That she could be in any danger from the deception never entered my head. That such a consequence as this should ensue, you may easily believe was far enough from my thoughts.''
“糟就糟在這里。我自己也是到了肯特郡以后，常常跟達西先生和他的親戚弗茨威廉上校在一起，才知道真相。等我回得家來，某某郡的民兵團已經準備在一兩個星期以內就要離開麥里屯了。當時我就把這情形在吉英面前和盤托出，吉英和我都覺得不必向外面聲張，因為街坊四鄰既然都對韋翰有好感，如果叫大家對他印象轉壞，這會對誰有好處？甚至于臨到決定讓麗迪雅跟弗斯脫太太一塊兒走的時候，我還不想叫麗迪雅了解他的人品。我從來沒想到她竟會被他欺騙。你可以相信我萬萬想不到會造成這樣的后果。”
