MRS. Gardiner's caution to Elizabeth was punctually and kindly given on the first favourable opportunity of speaking to her alone; after honestly telling her what she thought, she thus went on:
嘉丁納太太一碰到有適當的機會和伊麗莎白單獨談話，總是善意地對外甥女進行忠告，把心里的話老老實實講了出來，然后又接下去說：
"You are too sensible a girl, Lizzy, to fall in love merely because you are warned against it; and, therefore, I am not afraid of speaking openly. Seriously, I would have you be on your guard. Do not involve yourself, or endeavour to involve him in an affection which the want of fortune would make so very imprudent. I have nothing to say against him; he is a most interesting young man; and if he had the fortune he ought to have, I should think you could not do better. But as it is -- you must not let your fancy run away with you. You have sense, and we all expect you to use it. Your father would depend on your resolution and good conduct, I am sure. You must not disappoint your father."
“你是個非常懂事的孩子，麗萃，你不至于因為人家勸你談戀愛要當心，你就偏偏要談；因此我才敢向你說個明白。說正經話，你千萬要小心。跟這種沒有財產作為基礎的人談戀愛，實在非常莽撞，你千萬別讓自己墮上情網，也不要費盡心機使他墮入情網。我并不是說他的壞話──他倒是個再有趣不過的青年；要是他得到了他應當得到的那份財產，那我就會覺得你這門親事再好也沒有了。事實既是如此，你大可不必再對他想入非非。你很聰明，我們都希望你不要辜負了自己的聰明。我知道你父親信任你品行好，又有決斷，你切不可叫他失望。”
"My dear aunt, this is being serious indeed."
“親愛的舅母，你真是鄭重其事。”
"Yes, and I hope to engage you to be serious likewise."
“是呀，我希望你也能夠鄭重其事。”
"Well, then, you need not be under any alarm. I will take care of myself, and of Mr. Wickham too. He shall not be in love with me, if I can prevent it."
“唔，你用不著急。我自己會當心，也會當心韋翰先生。只要我避免得了，我決不會叫他跟我戀愛。”
"Elizabeth, you are not serious now."
“伊麗莎白，你這話可就不鄭重其事啦。”
"I beg your pardon. I will try again. At present I am not in love with Mr. Wickham; no, I certainly am not. But he is, beyond all comparison, the most agreeable man I ever saw -- and if he becomes really attached to me -- I believe it will be better that he should not. I see the imprudence of it.
“請原諒。讓我重新講講看。目前我可并沒有愛上韋翰先生；我的確沒有。不過在我所看見的人當中，他的確是最可愛的一個，任誰也比不上他；如果他真會愛上我──我相信他還是不要愛上我的好。我看出了這件事很莽撞。
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