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Kitty, to her very material advantage, spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters. In society so superior to what she had generally known, her improvement was great. She was not of so ungovernable a temper as Lydia; and, removed from the influence of Lydia's example, she became, by proper attention and management, less irritable, less ignorant, and less insipid. From the farther disadvantage of Lydia's society she was of course carefully kept, and though Mrs. Wickham frequently invited her to come and stay with her, with the promise of balls and young men, her father would never consent to her going.
吉蒂最受實惠，大部分時間都消磨在兩位姐姐那兒。從此她所交的人物都比往常高尚，她本身當然也就大有長進。她本來不象麗迪雅那樣放縱，現在既沒有麗迪雅來影響她，又有人對她加以妥善的注意和照管，她便不象以前那樣輕狂無知和麻木不仁了。當然家里少不了要小心地管教她，不讓她和麗迪雅來往，免得再受到她的壞影響；韋翰太太常常要接她去住，說是有多少跳舞會，有多少美少年，她父親總是不讓她去。
Mary was the only daughter who remained at home; and she was necessarily drawn from the pursuit of accomplishments by Mrs. Bennet's being quite unable to sit alone. Mary was obliged to mix more with the world, but she could still moralize over every morning visit; and as she was no longer mortified by comparisons between her sisters' beauty and her own, it was suspected by her father that she submitted to the change without much reluctance.
后來只剩下曼麗還沒有出嫁；班納特太太因為不甘寂寞，自然弄得她這個女兒無從探求學問。曼麗不得不多多和外界應酬，可是她仍然能夠用道德的眼光去看待每一次的出外作客。她現在再也不用為了和姐妹們爭妍比美而操心了，因此她父親不禁懷疑到，她這種改變是否出于心甘情愿。
As for Wickham and Lydia, their characters suffered no revolution from the marriage of her sisters. He bore with philosophy the conviction that Elizabeth must now become acquainted with whatever of his ingratitude and falsehood had before been unknown to her; and in spite of every thing, was not wholly without hope that Darcy might yet be prevailed on to make his fortune.
說到韋翰和麗迪雅，他們倆的性格并沒有因為她兩位姐姐結婚而有所變化。韋翰想起自己對達西種種忘恩負義、虛偽欺詐的事情，伊麗莎白雖然從前不知道，現在可完全明白了，不過他依舊處之泰然，他多少還指望達西給他一些錢。
