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NOT all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley. They attacked him in various ways; with barefaced questions, ingenious suppositions, and distant surmises; but he eluded the skill of them all; and they were at last obliged to accept the second-hand intelligence of their neighbour Lady Lucas.
盡管班納特太太有了五個(gè)女兒幫腔，向她丈夫問起彬格萊先生這樣那樣，可是丈夫的回答總不能叫她滿意。母女們想盡辦法對(duì)付他－－赤裸裸的問句，巧妙的設(shè)想，離題很遠(yuǎn)的猜測(cè)，什么辦法都用到了；可是他并沒有上她們的圈套。最后她們迫不得已，只得聽取鄰居盧卡斯太太的間接消息。
Her report was highly favourable. Sir William had been delighted with him. He was quite young, wonderfully handsome, extremely agreeable, and, to crown the whole, he meant to be at the next assembly with a large party. Nothing could be more delightful! To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love; and very lively hopes of Mr. Bingley's heart were entertained.
她的報(bào)道全是好話。據(jù)說威廉爵士很喜歡他。他非常年輕，長(zhǎng)得特別漂亮，為人又極其謙和，最重要的一點(diǎn)是，他打算請(qǐng)一大群客人來參加下次的舞會(huì)。這真是再好也沒有的事；喜歡跳舞是談情說愛的一個(gè)步驟；大家都熱烈地希望去獲得彬格萊先生的那顆心。
"If I can but see one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield," said Mrs. Bennet to her husband, "and all the others equally well married, I shall have nothing to wish for."
“我只要能看到一個(gè)女兒在尼日斐花園幸福地安了家，”班納特太太對(duì)她的丈夫說，“看到其他幾個(gè)也匹配得這樣門當(dāng)戶對(duì)，此生就沒有別的奢望了。”
In a few days Mr. Bingley returned Mr. Bennet's visit, and sat about ten minutes with him in his library. He had entertained hopes of being admitted to a sight of the young ladies, of whose beauty he had heard much; but he saw only the father. The ladies were somewhat more fortunate, for they had the advantage of ascertaining, from an upper window, that he wore a blue coat and rode a black horse.
不到幾天功夫，彬格萊先生上門回拜班納特先生，在他的書房里跟他盤桓了十分鐘左右。他久仰班納特先生幾位小姐的年輕美貌，很希望能夠見見她們；但是他只見到了她們的父親。倒是小姐們比他幸運(yùn)，他們利用樓上的窗口，看清了他穿的是藍(lán)外套，騎的是一匹黑馬。
