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The vicious propensities the want of principle, which he was careful to guard from the knowledge of his best friend, could not escape the observation of a young man of nearly the same age with himself, and who had opportunities of seeing him in unguarded moments, which Mr. Darcy could not have.
他為人放蕩不羈，惡習重重，他雖然十分小心地把這些惡習遮掩起來，不讓他最好的朋友覺察，可是究竟逃不過一個和他年齡相仿佛的青年人的眼睛，他一個不提防 就給我瞧見了漏洞，機會多的是──當然老達西先生決不會有這種機會。
Here again I shall give you pain to what degree you only can tell. But whatever may be the sentiments which Mr. Wickham has created, a suspicion of their nature shall not prevent me from unfolding his real character. It adds even another motive.
這里我不免又要引起你的痛苦了，痛苦到什么地步，只有你自己知道。不論韋翰先生已經引 起了你何等樣的感情，我卻要懷疑到這些感情的本質，因而我也就不得不對你說明他真正的品格。這里面甚至還難免別有用心。
My excellent father died about five years ago; and his attachment to Mr. Wickham was to the last so steady, that in his will he particularly recommended it to me to promote his advancement in the best manner that his profession might allow, and, if he took orders, desired that a valuable family living might be his as soon as it became vacant. There was also a legacy of one thousand pounds. His own father did not long survive mine, and within half a year from these events Mr. Wickham wrote to inform me that, having finally resolved against taking orders, he hoped I should not think it unreasonable for him to expect some more immediate pecuniary advantage, in lieu of the preferment by which he could not be benefited. He had some intention, he added, of studying the law, and I must be aware that the interest of one thousand pounds would be a very insufficient support therein.
德高望重的先父大約去世于五年前， 他寵愛韋翰先生始終如一，連遺囑上也特別向我提到他，要我斟酌他的職業情況，極力提拔他，要是他受了圣職，俸祿優厚的位置一有空缺，就讓他替補上去。另外 還給了他一千磅遺產。他自己的父親不久也去世了；這幾樁大事發生以后，不出半年工夫，韋翰先生就寫信跟我說，他已最后下定決心，不愿意去受圣職；他既然不 能獲得那個職位的俸祿，便希望我給他一些直接的經濟利益，不要以為他這個要求不合理。他又說，他倒有意學法律，他叫我應該明白，要他靠一千磅的利息去學法 律，當然非常不夠。
