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"Good gracious! Lord bless me! only think! dear me! Mr. Darcy! Who would have thought it! And is it really true? Oh! my sweetest Lizzy! how rich and how great you will be! What pin-money, what jewels, what carriages you will have! Jane's is nothing to it -- nothing at all. I am so pleased -- so happy. Such a charming man! -- so handsome! so tall! -- Oh, my dear Lizzy! pray apologise for my having disliked him so much before. I hope he will overlook it. Dear, dear Lizzy. A house in town! Every thing that is charming! Three daughters married! Ten thousand a year! Oh, Lord! What will become of me. I shall go distracted."
“謝謝老天爺！謝天謝地！且想想看吧！天啊！達西先生！誰想得到喲！真有這回事嗎？麗萃，我的心肝寶貝，你馬上就要大富大貴了！你將要有多少針線錢，有多少珠寶，多少馬車啊！吉英比起來就差得太遠了──簡直是天上地下。我真高興──真快樂。這樣可愛的丈夫！那么漂亮，那么魁偉！噢，我的好麗萃！我以前那么討厭他，請你代我去向他求饒吧！我希望他不會計較。麗萃，我的心肝，我的寶貝。他在城里有所大住宅！漂亮的東西一應俱全！三個女兒出嫁啦！每年有一萬鎊收入！噢，天啊！我真樂不可支了。我要發狂了！”
This was enough to prove that her approbation need not be doubted: and Elizabeth, rejoicing that such an effusion was heard only by herself, soon went away. But before she had been three minutes in her own room, her mother followed her.
這番話足以證明她完全贊成這門婚姻；伊麗莎白心喜的是，幸虧母親這些得意忘形的話只有她一個人聽見。不久她便走出房來，可是她走到自己房間里還沒有三分鐘，母親又趕來了。
"My dearest child," she cried, "I can think of nothing else! Ten thousand a year, and very likely more! 'Tis as good as a Lord! And a special licence. You must and shall be married by a special licence. But my dearest love, tell me what dish Mr. Darcy is particularly fond of, that I may have it tomorrow."
母親大聲叫道：“我的心肝，我腦子里再也想不到旁的東西了！一年有一萬鎊的收入，可能還要多！簡直闊得象個皇親國戚！而且還有特許結婚證──你當然要用特許結婚證結婚的。可是，我的寶貝，告訴我，達西先生愛吃什么菜，讓我明天準備起來。”
This was a sad omen of what her mother's behaviour to the gentleman himself might be; and Elizabeth found that, though in the certain possession of his warmest affection, and secure of her relations' consent, there was still something to be wished for. But the morrow passed off much better than she expected; for Mrs. Bennet luckily stood in such awe of her intended son-in-law that she ventured not to speak to him, unless it was in her power to offer him any attention, or mark her deference for his opinion.
這句話不是好兆頭，看來她母親明天又要在那位先生面前出丑；伊麗莎白心想，現在雖然已經十拿九穩地獲得了他的熱愛，而且也得到了家里人的同意，恐怕還是難免節外生枝。好在事出意料，第二天的情形非常好，這完全是多虧班納特太太對她這位未來的女婿極其敬畏，簡直不敢跟他說話，只是盡量向他獻些殷勤，或者是恭維一下他的高談闊論。
Elizabeth had the satisfaction of seeing her father taking pains to get acquainted with him; and Mr. Bennet soon assured her that he was rising every hour in his esteem.
伊麗莎白看到父親也盡心竭力地跟他親近，覺得很滿意；班納特先生不久又對她說，他愈來愈器重達西先生了。
"I admire all my three sons-in-law highly," said he. "Wickham, perhaps, is my favourite; but I think I shall like your husband quite as well as Jane's."
他說:“三個女婿都使我非常得意，或許韋翰是我最寵愛的一個；可是我想，你的丈夫也會象吉英丈夫一樣討我喜歡。”
