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"Upon my word," said her ladyship, "you give your opinion very decidedly for so young a person. -- Pray, what is your age?"
“真想不到，”夫人說，“你這么小的一個人，倒這樣有主見。請問你幾歲啦？”
"With three younger sisters grown up," replied Elizabeth smiling, "your Ladyship can hardly expect me to own it."
“我已經有了三個成人的妹妹，”伊麗莎白笑著說。“你老人家總不會再要我招出年紀來了吧。”
Lady Catherine seemed quite astonished at not receiving a direct answer; and Elizabeth suspected herself to be the first creature who had ever dared to trifle with so much dignified impertinence!
咖苔琳夫人沒有得到直截了當的回答，顯得很驚奇；伊麗莎白覺得敢于和這種沒有禮貌的富貴太太開玩笑，恐怕要推她自己為第一個人。
"You cannot be more than twenty, I am sure, -- therefore you need not conceal your age."
“你不會超過二十歲，所以你也不必瞞年紀。”
"I am not one and twenty."
“我不到二十一歲。”
When the gentlemen had joined them, and tea was over, the card tables were placed. Lady Catherine, Sir William, and Mr. and Mrs. Collins sat down to quadrille; and as Miss De Bourgh chose to play at cassino, the two girls had the honour of assisting Mrs. Jenkinson to make up her party. Their table was superlatively stupid. Scarcely a syllable was uttered that did not relate to the game, except when Mrs. Jenkinson expressed her fears of Miss De Bourgh's being too hot or too cold, or having too much or too little light. A great deal more passed at the other table, Lady Catherine was generally speaking -- stating the mistakes of the three others, or relating some anecdote of herself. Mr. Collins was employed in agreeing to every thing her Ladyship said, thanking her for every fish he won, and apologising if he thought he won too many. Sir William did not say much. He was storing his memory with anecdotes and noble names.
等到喝過茶，男客們都到她們這邊來了，便擺起牌桌來。咖苔琳夫人、威廉爵士和柯林斯夫婦坐下來打“夸錐”；德·包爾小姐要玩“卡西諾”，因此兩位姑娘就很榮幸地幫著姜金生太太給她湊足了人數。她們這一桌真是枯燥無味，除了姜金生太太問問德·包爾小姐是否覺得太冷或太熱，是否感到燈光太強或太弱以外，就沒有一句話不是說到打牌方面的。另外一桌可就有聲有色得多了。咖苔琳夫人差不多一直都在講話，不是指出另外三個人的錯處，就是講些自己的趣聞軼事。她老人家說一句，柯林斯先生就附和一句，他贏一次要謝她一次，如果贏得太多，還得向她道歉。威廉爵士不大說話，只顧把一樁樁軼事和一個個高貴的名字裝進腦子里去。
When Lady Catherine and her daughter had played as long as they chose, the tables were broke up, the carriage was offered to Mrs. Collins, gratefully accepted, and immediately ordered. The party then gathered round the fire to hear Lady Catherine determine what weather they were to have on the morrow. From these instructions they were summoned by the arrival of the coach, and with many speeches of thankfulness on Mr. Collins's side, and as many bows on Sir William's, they departed. As soon as they had driven from the door, Elizabeth was called on by her cousin to give her opinion of all that she had seen at Rosings, which, for Charlotte's sake, she made more favourable than it really was. But her commendation, though costing her some trouble, could by no means satisfy Mr. Collins, and he was very soon obliged to take her ladyship's praise into his own hands.
等到咖苔琳夫人母女倆玩得不想再玩的時候，兩桌牌桌就散場了，打發馬車送柯林斯太太回去，柯林斯太太很感激地接受了，于是馬上叫人去套車。大家又圍著火爐，聽咖苔琳夫人斷定明天的天氣怎么樣。等到馬車來了，叫他們上車，他們方始停止受訓。柯林斯先生說了多少感激的話，威廉爵士鞠了多少躬，大家方才告別。馬車一走出門口，柯林斯就要求伊麗莎白發表她對于羅新斯的感想，她看在夏綠蒂面上，便勉強敷衍了他幾句。她雖然勉為其難地說出了一大篇好話，卻完全不能叫柯林斯先生滿意，柯林斯沒有辦法，只得立刻親自開口，把老夫人大大重新贊揚了一番。
