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No sooner was her answer dispatched, than Mrs. Dashwood indulged herself in the pleasure of announcing to her son-in-law and his wife that she was provided with a house, and should incommode them no longer than till every thing were ready for her inhabiting it. They heard her with surprise. Mrs. John Dashwood said nothing; but her husband civilly hoped that she would not be settled far from Norland. She had great satisfaction in replying that she was going into Devonshire. --Edward turned hastily towards her, on hearing this, and, in a voice of surprise and concern, which required no explanation to her, repeated, "Devonshire! Are you, indeed, going there? So far from hence! And to what part of it?" She explained the situation. It was within four miles northward of Exeter.
達(dá)什伍德太太一發(fā)出回信，就喜不自禁地向幾子兒媳宣布：她己經(jīng)找到了房子，一旦做好遷居準(zhǔn)備，就不再打擾他們了。他倆聽她這么一說，不禁吃了一驚。約翰．達(dá)什伍德夫人沒有吭聲，她丈夫倒挺客氣，說他希望遷居的地方不要離諾蘭莊園太遠(yuǎn)。達(dá)什伍德太太洋洋得意地回答說，她要搬到德文郡。愛德華一聽這話，連忙把臉轉(zhuǎn)向她，帶著驚訝而關(guān)切的口氣（這并不出她所料），重復(fù)了一聲：“德文郡，你真的要去那兒？離這兒這么遠(yuǎn)。去德文郡什么地方？”達(dá)什伍德太太說明了地點(diǎn)，就在埃克塞特以北不到四英里的地方。
"It is but a cottage, " she continued, "but I hope to see many of my friends in it. A room or two can easily be added; and if my friends find no difficulty in travelling so far to see me, I am sure I will find none in accommodating them. "
“那只是個(gè)鄉(xiāng)舍，”她接著說道，“不過我希望能在那里接待我的許多朋友。這幢房子可以很容易地再增加一兩個(gè)房間。如果我的朋友們能毫無困難地遠(yuǎn)道趕來看我，我一定會(huì)毫無困難地給他們安排住處。”
She concluded with a very kind invitation to Mr. and Mrs. John Dashwood to visit her at Barton; and to Edward she gave one with still greater affection. Though her late conversation with her daughter-in-law had made her resolve on remaining at Norland no longer than was unavoidable, it had not produced the smallest effect on her in that point to which it principally tended. To separate Edward and Elinor was as far from being her object as ever; and she wished to show Mrs. John Dashwood, by this pointed invitation to her brother, how totally she disregarded her disapprobation of the match.
最后，她非常客氣地邀請約翰．達(dá)什伍德夫婦去巴頓作客，還一片深情地向愛德華提出邀請。雖然她最近與兒媳的一次談話促使她打定主意：除非萬不得已，否則決不在諾蘭莊園多呆一天，但是那次談話中兒媳的主要意向卻對她絲毫沒有影響。同以往一樣，她這次搬家的目的決不是為了要把愛德華和埃麗諾分開，她想通過針鋒相對地邀請愛德華，向約翰．達(dá)什伍德夫人表明：“你盡管反對這門親事好了，我壓根兒不買你的帳!”
