《傲慢与偏见》第 10 期

“Oh, my dear Mr. Bennet,” as she entered the room, “we have had a most delightful evening, a most excellent ball. I wish you had been there. Jane was so admired, nothing could be like it. Everybody said how well she looked; and Mr. Bingley thought her quite beautiful, and danced with her twice. Only think of _that_, my dear: he actually danced with her twice; and she was the only creature in the room that he asked a second time. First of all, he asked Miss Lucas. I was so vexed to see him stand up with her; but, however, he did not admire her at all; indeed, nobody can, you know; and he seemed quite struck with Jane as she was going down the dance. So he inquired who she was, and got introduced, and asked her for the two next. Then, the two third he danced with Miss King, and the two fourth with Maria Lucas, and the two fifth with Jane again, and the two sixth with Lizzy, and the _Boulanger_----”

“哦，亲爱的班纳特先生，”她一进房间便说道，“我们今晚过得真是愉快极了，真是一场绝妙的舞会。我真希望你也在场。简受到了大家的赞美，简直没有比这更好的事了。人人都说她看起来多么漂亮；宾利先生也觉得她美极了，还同她跳了两次舞。亲爱的，你想想看，竟然是这样：他真的同她跳了两次；而且她是全场唯一一个被他第二次邀请的姑娘。最开始，他邀请的是卢卡斯小姐。我看见他和她站在一起跳舞，真是恼火；不过，他一点儿也不欣赏她；当然啦，你知道，没人会欣赏她的；而且在简走下舞池时，他似乎完全被她吸引住了。于是他打听她是谁，随后经人介绍，接着邀请她跳了下面两支舞。然后，第三、第四两支他同金小姐跳，第五、第六两支同玛丽亚·卢卡斯跳，接下来两支又同简跳，再下两支同莉齐跳，还有《布朗热舞》……”

“If he had had any compassion for _me_,” cried her husband impatiently, “he would not have danced half so much! For God’s sake, say no more of his partners. O that he had sprained his ancle in the first dance!”

“如果他对我还有一点儿怜悯之心，”她丈夫不耐烦地喊道，“他就不会跳那么多舞了！看在上帝的分上，别再说他的舞伴了。唉，要是他第一支舞就把脚踝扭伤该多好！”

“Oh, my dear,” continued Mrs. Bennet, “I am quite delighted with him. He is so excessively handsome! and his sisters are charming women. I never in my life saw anything more elegant than their dresses. I dare say the lace upon Mrs. Hurst’s gown----”

“哦，亲爱的，”班纳特太太继续说道，“我真是喜欢他喜欢得不得了。他长得实在太英俊了！他的姐妹们也是些迷人的女士。我这辈子从没见过比她们的衣服更优雅的。我敢说，赫斯特太太礼服上的蕾丝——”

Here she was interrupted again. Mr. Bennet protested against any description of finery. She was therefore obliged to seek another branch of the subject, and related, with much bitterness of spirit, and some exaggeration, the shocking rudeness of Mr. Darcy.

她在这里又一次被打断了。班纳特先生坚决反对任何关于华服的描述。因此，她只好另找一个话题，带着极大的怨恨，并且略有夸张地讲述了达西先生那令人震惊的无礼。