The farewell between herself and Mr. Wickham was perfectly friendly; on his side even more. His present pursuit could not make him forget that Elizabeth had been the first to excite and to deserve his attention, the first to listen and to pity, the first to be admired; and in his manner of bidding her adieu, wishing her every enjoyment, reminding her of what she was to expect in Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and trusting their opinion of her their opinion of every body would always coincide, there was a solicitude, an interest which she felt must ever attach her to him with a most sincere regard; and she parted from him convinced that, whether married or single, he must always be her model of the amiable and pleasing.
她跟韋翰先生告別時，雙方都十分客氣，韋翰比她還要客氣。他目前雖然在追求別人，卻并沒有因此就忘了伊麗莎白是第一個引起他注目的人，第一個值得他注目的人，第一個聽他傾訴衷情，第一個可憐他，第一個搏得了他愛慕的人；他向她告別，祝她萬事如意，又對她說了一遍德·包爾夫人是很好的一個人，他相信他們倆對那位老夫人的評價，對每一個人的評價，一定完全吻合。他說這話的時候，顯得很是熱誠，很是關切，這種盛情一定會使她對他永遠懷著極其深摯的好感。他們分手以后，她更相信不管他結婚也罷，單身也罷，他在她的心目中將會始終是一個極其和藹可親而又討人喜歡的人。
Her fellow-travellers the next day were not of a kind to make her think him less agreeable. Sir William Lucas and his daughter Maria, a good humoured girl, but as empty-headed as himself, had nothing to say that could be worth hearing, and were listened to with about as much delight as the rattle of the chaise. Elizabeth loved absurdities, but she had known Sir William's too long. He could tell her nothing new of the wonders of his presentation and knighthood; and his civilities were worn out like his information.
第二天和她同路的那些人，也并沒有使韋翰在她心目中相形見絀。威廉爵士簡直說不出一句中聽的話，他那位女兒瑪麗亞雖然脾氣很好，腦子卻象她父親一樣空洞，也說不出一句中聽的話。聽他們父女倆說話，就好象聽到車輛的轆轆聲一樣無聊。伊麗莎白本來愛聽無稽之談，不過威廉爵士那一套她實在聽得膩了。他談來談去總不外乎覲見皇上以及榮膺爵士頭銜之類的奇聞，翻不出什么新花樣來；他那一套禮貌舉止，也象他的出言吐語一樣，已經陳腐不堪。
It was a journey of only twenty-four miles, and they began it so early as to be in Gracechurch-street by noon. As they drove to Mr. Gardiner's door, Jane was at a drawing-room window watching their arrival; when they entered the passage she was there to welcome them, and Elizabeth, looking earnestly in her face, was pleased to see it healthful and lovely as ever. On the stairs were a troop of little boys and girls, whose eagerness for their cousin's appearance would not allow them to wait in the drawing-room, and whose shyness, as they had not seen her for a twelvemonth, prevented their coming lower. All was joy and kindness. The day passed most pleasantly away; the morning in bustle and shopping, and the evening at one of the theatres.
這段旅程不過二十四英里路，他們啟程很早，為的是要在正午趕到天恩寺街。他們走近嘉丁納先生的大門時，吉英正在會客室的窗口望著他們。他們走近過道時，吉英正等在那兒接他們，伊麗莎白真摯地仔細望了望吉英的臉，只見那張臉蛋兒還是象往常一樣地健康美麗，她覺得很高興。男男女女的孩子們為了急于要見到表奶，在客廳里等不及，又因為一年沒見面，不好意思下樓去，便都待在樓梯口。到處是一片歡樂與和善的氣氛。這一天真過得極其愉快；上午亂哄哄地忙做一團，又要出去買東西；晚上上戲院去看戲。
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