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As soon as they entered, Bingley looked at her so expressively, and shook hands with such warmth, as left no doubt of his good information; and he soon afterwards said aloud, "Mrs. Bennet, have you no more lanes hereabouts in which Lizzy may lose her way again today?"
兩位貴客一走進門，彬格萊便意味深長地望著她，熱烈地跟她的握手，她一看見這情形，便斷定他準是消息十分靈通；不多一會兒工夫，他果然大聲說道：“班納特太太，這一帶還有什么別的曲徑小道，可以讓麗萃今天再去迷路嗎？”
"I advise Mr. Darcy, and Lizzy, and Kitty," said Mrs. Bennet, "to walk to Oakham Mount this morning. It is a nice long walk, and Mr. Darcy has never seen the view."
班納特太太說：“我要勸達西先生、麗萃和吉蒂，今天上午都上奧克漢山去。這一段長路走起來挺有味，達西先生還沒有見過那兒的風景呢。”
"It may do very well for the others," replied Mr. Bingley; "but I am sure it will be too much for Kitty. Won't it, Kitty?"
"彬格萊先生說：“對他們兩人當然再好也沒有了，我看吉蒂一定吃不消。是不是，吉蒂？”
Kitty owned that she had rather stay at home. Darcy professed a great curiosity to see the view from the Mount, and Elizabeth silently consented. As she went up stairs to get ready, Mrs. Bennet followed her, saying, "I am quite sorry, Lizzy, that you should be forced to have that disagreeable man all to yourself. But I hope you will not mind it: it is all for Jane's sake, you know; and there is no occasion for talking to him, except just now and then. So, do not put yourself to inconvenience."
吉蒂說她寧可待在家里。達西表示非常想到那座山上去看看四面的風景。伊麗莎白默默表示同意，正要上樓去準備，班納特太太在她后面說：“麗萃，我很對不起你，逼你去跟那個討厭的人在一起，你可不要計較。你要知道，這都是為了吉英；你只消隨便敷衍敷衍他，不必多費心思。”
During their walk, it was resolved that Mr. Bennet's consent should be asked in the course of the evening. Elizabeth reserved to herself the application for her mother's. She could not determine how her mother would take it; sometimes doubting whether all his wealth and grandeur would be enough to overcome her abhorrence of the man. But whether she were violently set against the match, or violently delighted with it, it was certain that her manner would be equally ill adapted to do credit to her sense; and she could no more bear that Mr. Darcy should hear the first raptures of her joy, than the first vehemence of her disapprobation.
散步的時候，兩人決定當天下午就去請求班納特先生表示允許；母親那兒由伊麗莎白自己去說。她不知道母親是否會贊成。母親實在太厭惡他了，因此伊麗莎白有時候竟會認為，即使以他財產地位，也挽回不了母親的心，可是，母親對這門婚姻無論是堅決反對也好，欣喜若狂也好，她的出言吐語反正都是不得體。叫人家覺得她毫無見識。她對達西先生不是欣喜欲狂地表示贊成，便是義憤填胸地表示反對，伊麗莎白想到這里，心里實在受不了。
