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Lydia was bid by her two eldest sisters to hold her tongue; but Mr. Collins, much offended, laid aside his book, and said, "I have often observed how little young ladies are interested by books of a serious stamp, though written solely for their benefit. It amazes me, I confess; -- for certainly, there can be nothing so advantageous to them as instruction. But I will no longer importune my young cousin."
兩個姐姐都吩咐麗迪雅住嘴；柯林斯先生非常生氣，放下了書本，說道：“我老是看到年輕的小姐們對正經書不感興趣，不過這些書完全是為了她們的好處寫的。老實說，這不能不叫我驚奇，因為對她們最有利益的事情，當然莫過于圣哲的教訓。可是我也不愿意勉強我那年輕的表妹。”
Then turning to Mr. Bennet, he offered himself as his antagonist at backgammon. Mr. Bennet accepted the challenge, observing that he acted very wisely in leaving the girls to their own trifling amusements. Mrs. Bennet and her daughters apologised most civilly for Lydia's interruption, and promised that it should not occur again, if he would resume his book; but Mr. Collins, after assuring them that he bore his young cousin no ill will, and should never resent her behaviour as any affront, seated himself at another table with Mr. Bennet, and prepared for backgammon.
于是他轉過身來要求班納特先生跟他玩“貝加夢”，班納特先生一面答應了他，一面說，這倒是個聰明的辦法，還是讓這些女孩子們去搞她們自己的小玩藝吧。班納特太太和她五個女兒極有禮貌地向他道歉，請他原諒麗迪雅打斷了他朗誦對書，并且說，他要是重新把那本書讀下去，她保證決不會有同樣的事件發生。柯林斯先生請她們不要介意，說是他一點兒也不怪表妹，決不會認為她冒犯了他而把她懷恨在心。他解釋過以后，就跟班納特先生坐到另一張桌子上去，準備玩“貝加夢”。
