Mrs. Bennet, to whose apartment they all repaired, after a few minutes conversation together, received them exactly as might be expected; with tears and lamentations of regret, invectives against the villainous conduct of Wickham, and complaints of her own sufferings and ill usage; blaming every body but the person to whose ill-judging indulgence the errors of her daughter must be principally owing.
大家談了一會兒以后，都到班納特太太房里去了。果然不出所料，班納特太太見到他們便眼淚汪汪，長吁短嘆。她先把韋翰的卑劣行為痛罵了一頓，又為自己的病痛和委屈抱怨了一番，她幾乎把每個人都罵到了，只有一個人沒罵到，而那個人卻正是盲目溺愛女兒，使女兒鑄成大錯的主要原因。
If I had been able, said she, to carry my point of going to Brighton, with all my family, this would not have happened; but poor dear Lydia had nobody to take care of her. Why did the Forsters ever let her go out of their sight? I am sure there was some great neglect or other on their side, for she is not the kind of girl to do such a thing, if she had been well looked after. I always thought they were very unfit to have the charge of her; but I was over-ruled, as I always am. Poor dear child! And now here's Mr. Bennet gone away, and I know he will fight Wickham wherever he meets him, and then he will be killed, and what is to become of us all? The Collinses will turn us out, before he is cold in his grave; and if you are not kind to us, brother, I do not know what we shall do.
她說：“要是當初能夠依了我的打算，讓全家人都跟著到白利屯去，那就不會發生這種事了。麗迪雅真是又可憐又可愛。毛病就出在沒有人照應。弗斯脫太太怎么竟放心讓她離開他們跟前呢？我看，一定是他們太怠慢了她。象她那樣一個姑娘，要是有人好好地照料她，她是決不會做出那種事來的。我一直覺得他們不配照管她；可是我一直要受人家擺布。可憐的好孩子呀！班納特先生已經走了，他一碰到韋翰，一定會跟他拚個死活，他一定會給韋翰活活打死，那叫我們大家可怎么辦？他尸骨未寒，柯林斯一家人就要把我們攆出去；兄弟呀，要是你不幫幫我們的忙，我就真不知道怎么是好啦。”
They all exclaimed against such terrific ideas; and Mr. Gardiner, after general assurances of his affection for her and all her family, told her that he meant to be in London the very next day, and would assist Mr. Bennet in every endeavour for recovering Lydia.
大家聽到她這些可怕的話，都失聲大叫；嘉丁納先生告訴她說，無論對她本人，對她家里人，他都會盡心照顧，然后又告訴她說，他明天就要到倫敦去，盡力幫助班納特先生去找麗迪雅。
Do not give way to useless alarm, added he; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain. It is not quite a week since they left Brighton. In a few days more, we may gain some news of them, and till we know that they are not married, and have no design of marrying, do not let us give the matter over as lost. As soon as I get to town, I shall go to my brother and make him come home with me to Gracechurch Street, and then we may consult together as to what is to be done.
他又說：“不要過分焦急，雖說也應該從最壞的方面去著想，可也不一定會落得最壞的下場。他們離開白利屯還不到一個星期。再過幾天，我們可能會打聽到一些有關他們的消息。等我們把事情弄明白了；要是他們真的沒有結婚，而且不打算結婚，那時候才談得上失望。我一進城就會到姐夫那里去，請他到天恩寺街我們家里去住，那時候我們就可以一塊兒商量出一個辦法來。”
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