"His guilt and his descent appear by your account to be the same," said Elizabeth angrily; "for I have heard you accuse him of nothing worse than of being the son of Mr. Darcy's steward, and of that, I can assure you, he informed me himself."
伊麗莎白生氣地說：“照你的說法，他的過錯和他的出身好象是一回事啦，我倒沒有聽到你說他別的不是，只聽到他罵他是達西先生的賬房的兒子，老實告訴你，這一點他早已親自跟我講過了。”
"I beg your pardon," replied Miss Bingley, turning away with a sneer. "Excuse my interference. -- It was kindly meant."
“對不起，請原諒我好管閑事；不過我是出于一片好意。”彬格萊小姐說完這話，冷笑了一下，便走開了。
"Insolent girl!" said Elizabeth to herself. -- "You are much mistaken if you expect to influence me by such a paltry attack as this. I see nothing in it but your own wilful ignorance and the malice of Mr. Darcy." She then sought her eldest sister, who had undertaken to make inquiries on the same subject of Bingley. Jane met her with a smile of such sweet complacency, a glow of such happy expression, as sufficiently marked how well she was satisfied with the occurrences of the evening. -- Elizabeth instantly read her feelings, and at that moment solicitude for Wickham, resentment against his enemies and every thing else gave way before the hope of Jane's being in the fairest way for happiness.
“無禮的小妞兒！”伊麗莎白自言自語地說。“你可轉錯了念頭啦，你以為這樣卑鄙地攻擊人家一下，就影響了我對人家的看法嗎？你這種攻擊，倒叫我看穿了你自己的頑固無知和達西先生的陰險。”她接著便去找她自己的姐姐，因為姐姐也向彬格萊問起過這件事。只見吉英滿臉堆笑，容光煥發(fā)，這足以說明當天晚會上的種種情景使她多么滿意。伊麗莎白頓時就看出了她的心情；于是頃刻之間就把她自己對于韋翰的想念、對于他仇人們的怨憤，以及其他種種感覺，都打消了，一心只希望吉英能夠順利走上幸福的道路。
"I want to know," said she, with a countenance no less smiling than her sister's, "what you have learnt about Mr. Wickham. But perhaps you have been too pleasantly engaged to think of any third person, in which case you may be sure of my pardon."
她也和姐姐同樣滿面堆笑地說道：“我想問問你，你不沒有聽到什么有關韋翰先生的事？也許你太高興了，想不到第三個人身上去吧；果真是那樣的話，我一定可以諒解你的。”
"No," replied Jane, "I have not forgotten him; but I have nothing satisfactory to tell you. Mr. Bingley does not know the whole of his history, and is quite ignorant of the circumstances which have principally offended Mr. Darcy; but he will vouch for the good conduct, the probity and honour of his friend, and is perfectly convinced that Mr. Wickham has deserved much less attention from Mr. Darcy than he has received; and I am sorry to say that by his account as well as his sister's, Mr. Wickham is by no means a respectable young man. I am afraid he has been very imprudent, and has deserved to lose Mr. Darcy's regard."
“沒有的事，”吉英回答道，“我并沒有忘記他，可惜我沒有什么滿意的消息可以告訴你。彬格萊先生并不了解他的全部底細，至于他主要在哪些方面得罪了達西先生，彬格萊先生更是一無所知；不過他可以擔保他自己的朋友品行良好，誠實正派，他并且以為達西先生過去對待韋翰先生已經(jīng)好得過分了。說來遺憾，從他的話和她妹妹的話來看韋翰先生決不是一個正派的青年。我怕他果真是太莽撞，也難怪達西先生不去理睬他。”
"Mr. Bingley does not know Mr. Wickham himself?"
“難道彬格萊先生自己不認識韋翰先生嗎？”
"No; he never saw him till the other morning at Meryton."
“不認識，那天上午在麥里屯他還是初次和他見面。”
"This account then is what he has received from Mr. Darcy. I am perfectly satisfied. But what does he say of the living?"
“那么，他這番話是從達西先生那兒聽來的啦。我滿意極了。關于那個牧師的職位的問題，他是怎么說的？”
"He does not exactly recollect the circumstances, though he has heard them from Mr. Darcy more than once, but he believes that it was left to him conditionally only."
“他只不過聽達西先生說起過幾次，詳細情況他可記不清了，可是他相信，那個職位雖然規(guī)定了是給韋翰先生的，可也是有條件的。”
"I have not a doubt of Mr. Bingley's sincerity," said Elizabeth warmly; "but you must excuse my not being convinced by assurances only. Mr. Bingley's defence of his friend was a very able one I dare say, but since he is unacquainted with several parts of the story, and has learnt the rest from that friend himself, I shall venture still to think of both gentlemen as I did before."
伊麗莎白激動地說：“彬格萊先生當然是個誠實君子嘍，可是請你原諒，光憑幾句話并不能叫我信服。彬格萊先生袒護他自己朋友的那些話，也許說得很有力；不過，他既然弄不清這件事的某些情節(jié)，而且另外一些情節(jié)又是聽他朋友自己說的，那么，我還是不愿意改變我原來對他們兩位先生的看法。”
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