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"I am sure, " replied Elinor, with a smile, "that his dearest friends could not be dissatisfied with such commendation as that. I do not perceive how you could express yourself more warmly. "
“我敢肯定，”埃麗諾笑盈盈地答道，“像這樣的稱贊，連他最親近的朋友聽了也不會不滿意的。我很難設想，你能說出更熱情的贊語。”
Marianne was rejoiced to find her sister so easily pleased.
瑪麗安看到取悅于姐姐這么容易，禁不住也樂了。
"Of his sense and his goodness, " continued Elinor, "no one can, I think, be in doubt, who has seen him often enough to engage him in unreserved conversation. The excellence of his understanding and his principles can be concealed only by that shyness which too often keeps him silent. You know enough of him to do justice to his solid worth. But of his minuter propensities, as you call them you have from peculiar circumstances been kept more ignorant than myself. He and I have been at times thrown a good deal together, while you have been wholly engrossed on the most affectionate principle by my mother. I have seen a great deal of him, have studied his sentiments and heard his opinion on subjects of literature and taste; and, upon the whole, I venture to pronounce that his mind is well-informed, enjoyment of books exceedingly great, his imagination lively, his observation just and correct, and his taste delicate and pure. His abilities in every respect improve as much upon acquaintance as his manners and person. At first sight, his address is certainly not striking; and his person can hardly be called handsome, till the expression of his eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is perceived. At present, I know him so well, that I think him really handsome; or at least, almost so. What say you, Marianne?"
“對于他的德行與理智，”埃麗諾接著說，“凡是經常見到他，能同他暢所欲言的人，我想誰也無法懷疑。他有卓越的見識和操守，只因生性緬腆，經常寡言少語，一時顯現不出來。你了解他，能對他那實實在在的人品做出公正的評價。至于談到你所謂的細微的傾向，有些特殊情況你沒有我了解。我有時常和他在一起，而你卻完全讓母親拴住了，親熱起來沒完沒了。我常常見到他，研究了他的情感，聽取了他在文學與鑒賞方面的見解。整個來說，我敢斷言，他知識淵博，酷愛讀書，想象力豐富，觀察問題公允而準確，情趣風雅而純潔。他各方面的能力和他的人品舉止一樣，你越是了解，印象越好。初看上去，他的風度的確不很引人注目，相貌也算不上漂亮，不過你一見到他那無比動人的眼神，你就會發現他的整個表情都十分可愛。現在我很了解他，覺得他確實漂亮，至少可以說幾乎是漂亮的。你看呢，瑪麗安？”
