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Act One, Pt.9
In amidst of these unhappy events, Mr. Wickham was of material assistance in dispelling the gloom of the Bennet household.
His story was soon made public, and the entire neighborhood was please to know
how much they dislike Mr. Darcy before they knew anything about the matter.
However, the advent of the holidays brought a new diversion
—Mrs. Bennet’s brother and his charming wife.
Miss Bingley would have difficulty believing that the Gardiners who lived by trade could be so well-bred and agreeable.
Mrs. Gardiner: Well, my dear, you look in spirits for a girl who has refused in offer of marriage.
Elizabeth: Thank you, aunt. I fear I’m happy, much to my mother’s dismay.
Mrs. Gardiner: I have a proposal, which I hope will make you happier still
--your uncle and I wish to invite you to tour with us this summer, perhaps to the lakes?
Elizabeth: Oh! My dear, dear aunt, what delight! what felicity!
Oh! Adieu to disappointment and spleen.
What are men to rocks and mountains?
Mr. Wickham: My dear Miss Elizabeth, will you not delight present company with the song
—nothing seems so sweet as sweetness.
Mr. Wickham & Elizabeth: (Laugh).
Elizabeth: Mr. Wickham, your praise daunts me. You see how ridiculous he is, aunt.
Mrs. Gardiner: Lizzy, you are far too sensible a girl to fall in love merely because you are warned against it;
and, therefore, I am not afraid to speak openly.
I would have you be on your guard with Mr. Wickham.
Do not involve yourself in an affection which the want of fortune would make so very imprudent.
Elizabeth: Very well. Mr. Wickham shall not be in love with me, if I can prevent it.
Mrs. Gardiner: Elizabeth, you are not serious now.
Elizabeth: I beg your pardon. I will try again. At present I am not in love with Mr. Wickham;
no. But he is, beyond all comparison, the most agreeable man I ever saw. I see the imprudence of it.
-- that abominable Mr. Darcy! -- All that I can promise you, dear aunt, is not to be in a hurry.
I will not be in a hurry to believe myself his first object.
When I am in company with Mr. Wickham, I will not be wishing.
In short, I will do my best.
Mrs. Gardiner: Then I am satisfied.
Mrs. Bennet: Come, sister! We’re opening gifts!
Mrs. Gardiner: Oh.
Lydia: Yes, leave Lizzy to think of all the clever things she’s going to say to Lady Catherine de Bourgh, when she finally meets her.
Mrs. Gardiner: Lady Catherine de Bour… Oh, you’re going to see Charlotte.
Elizabeth: She asked me particularly to visit. I am to leave in a fortnight.
Lydia: Give our love to Mr. ~Collins~.
March saw Elizabeth at Hunsford, where she was met with great cordiality by Mr. and Mrs. Collins.
Mr. Collins: Walk this way, Miss Elizabeth. This is Hunsford parsonage, my—our humble abode.
Elizabeth was taken into the house, prepared to see him in all his glory.
She could not help fancying that in displaying the good proportion of its rooms,
the neatness of its entrance, its aspect and its furniture,
that he addressed himself particularly to her,
as if wishing to make her feel what she had lost in refusing him.
Mr. Collins: And Miss Elizabeth, you will have the honor of meeting Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
I see your look as if you’re astonished, but who could have expected such an attention as this?
But it is true, Lady Catherine is all affability and condescension that we dine at Rosings twice a week,
and we are never allowed to walk home. Her ladyship’s carriage is regularly ordered for,
or should I say one of her carriages for she has several?
Charlotte: Yes, Lady Catherine is a very respectable, sensible woman indeed and a most attentive neighbor.
Mr. Collins: Very true, my dear, that is exactly what I say.
She is the sort of woman whom one cannot regard with too much deference.
Mr. Collins: Ah, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, may I beg the honor of introducing Miss Elizabeth Bennet.
Miss Bennet, Lady Catherine’s daughter, Miss de Bourgh.
Miss de Bourgh: (Sneeze and cough).
Elizabeth: Oh.
Lady Catherine: Do you play and sing, Miss Bennet?
Elizabeth: A little.
Lady Catherine: Oh, then -- some time or other we shall be happy to hear you.
Do your sisters play and sing?
Elizabeth: One of them does.
Lady Catherine: Why did not you all learn? The Miss Webbs all play, and their father has not so good an income as yours.
-- Do you draw?
Elizabeth: No, not at all.
Lady Catherine: What, none of you? Are any of your younger sisters out, Miss Bennet?
Elizabeth: Yes, Ma'am, all.
Lady Catherine: All five out at once? Very odd! The younger ones out before the elder are married!
-- Your younger sisters must be very young?
Elizabeth: Yes, Ma'am, my youngest is not sixteen.
But really, Ma'am, I think it would be very hard on younger sisters, that they should not have their share of amusement
simply because the elder have not the means or inclination to marry early.
Lady Catherine: Upon my word, you speak your opinion very decidedly for so young a person. -- Pray, what is your age?
Elizabeth: With three younger sisters grown up, your Ladyship can hardly expect me to own it.
Lady Catherine: You cannot be more than twenty, I am sure,
-- therefore you need not conceal your age.
Elizabeth: I am not one and twenty.
自听练习欢迎指正。（麻烦自行翻译的朋友不要删除这行，谢谢。毕竟不是官方台本错误很误导人。）
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