Mr. Collins's return into Hertfordshire was no longer a matter of pleasure to Mrs. Bennet. On the contrary, she was as much disposed to complain of it as her husband. -- It was very strange that he should come to Longbourn instead of to Lucas Lodge; it was also very inconvenient and exceedingly troublesome. -- She hated having visitors in the house while her health was so indifferent, and lovers were of all people the most disagreeable. Such were the gentle murmurs of Mrs. Bennet, and they gave way only to the greater distress of Mr. Bingley's continued absence.
對班納特太太說來，柯林斯先生的重返浪博恩，如今并不是什么叫人快意的事了。她反而跟她丈夫一樣地大為抱怨。說也奇怪，柯林斯不去盧家莊，卻要來到浪搏恩，這真是既不方便，又太麻煩。她現在正當健康失調，因此非常討厭客人上門，何況這些癡情種子都是很討厭的人。班納特太太成天嘀咕著這些事，除非想到彬格萊一直不回來而使她感到更大的痛苦時，她方才住口。
Neither Jane nor Elizabeth were comfortable on this subject. Day after day passed away without bringing any other tidings of him than the report which shortly prevailed in Meryton of his coming no more to Netherfield the whole winter; a report which highly incensed Mrs. Bennet, and which she never failed to contradict as a most scandalous falsehood.
吉英跟伊麗莎白都為這個問題大感不安。一天又一天，聽不到一點關于他的消息，只聽得麥里屯紛紛傳言，說他今冬再也不會上尼日斐花園來了，班納特太太聽得非常生氣，總是加以駁斥，說那是誣蔑性的謠言。
Even Elizabeth began to fear -- not that Bingley was indifferent -- but that his sisters would be successful in keeping him away. Unwilling as she was to admit an idea so destructive of Jane's happiness, and so dishonourable to the stability of her lover, she could not prevent its frequently recurring. The united efforts of his two unfeeling sisters and of his overpowering friend, assisted by the attractions of Miss Darcy and the amusements of London, might be too much, she feared, for the strength of his attachment.
連伊麗莎白也開始恐懼起來了，她并不是怕彬格萊薄情，而是怕他的姐妹們真的絆住了他。盡管她不愿意有這種想法，因為這種想法對于吉英的幸福既有不利，對于吉英心上人的忠貞，也未免是一種侮辱，可是她還是往往禁不住要這樣想。他那兩位無情無義的姐妹，和那位足以制服他的朋友同心協力，再加上達西小姐的窈窕嫵媚，以及倫敦的聲色娛樂，縱使他果真對她念念不忘，恐怕也掙脫不了那個圈套。
As for Jane, her anxiety under this suspence was, of course, more painful than Elizabeth's; but whatever she felt she was desirous of concealing, and between herself and Elizabeth, therefore, the subject was never alluded to. But as no such delicacy restrained her mother, an hour seldom passed in which she did not talk of Bingley, express her impatience for his arrival, or even require Jane to confess that if he did not come back, she should think herself very ill used. It needed all Jane's steady mildness to bear these attacks with tolerable tranquillity.
至于吉英，她在這種動蕩不安的情況下，自然比伊麗莎白更加感到焦慮，可是她總不愿意把自己的心事暴露出來，所以她和伊麗莎白一直沒有提到這件事。偏偏她母親不能體貼她的苦衷，過不了一個鐘頭就要提到彬格萊，說是等待他回來實在等待心焦，甚至硬要吉英承認──要是彬格萊果真不回來，那她一定會覺得自己受了薄情的虧待。幸虧吉英臨事從容不迫，柔和鎮定，好容易才忍受了她這些讒言誹語。
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