WITH no greater events than these in the Longbourn family, and otherwise diversified by little beyond the walks to Meryton, sometimes dirty and sometimes cold, did January and February pass away. March was to take Elizabeth to Hunsford. She had not at first thought very seriously of going thither; but Charlotte, she soon found, was depending on the plan, and she gradually learned to consider it herself with greater pleasure as well as greater certainty. Absence had increased her desire of seeing Charlotte again, and weakened her disgust of Mr. Collins. There was novelty in the scheme; and as, with such a mother and such uncompanionable sisters, home could not be faultless, a little change was not unwelcome for its own sake. The journey would moreover give her a peep at Jane; and, in short, as the time drew near, she would have been very sorry for any delay. Every thing, however, went on smoothly, and was finally settled according to Charlotte's first sketch. She was to accompany Sir William and his second daughter. The improvement of spending a night in London was added in time, and the plan became perfect as plan could be.
浪搏恩這家人家除了這些事以外，再沒有別的大事；除了到麥里屯去散散步以外，再沒有別的消遣。時而雨水濘途、時而風寒刺骨的正月和二月，就這樣過去了。三月里伊麗莎白要上漢斯福去。開頭她并不是真想去；可是她立刻想到夏綠蒂對于原來的約定寄予了很大的期望，于是她也就帶著比較樂意和比較肯定的心情來考慮這個問題了。離別促進了她想夏綠蒂重逢的愿望，也消除了她對柯林斯先生的厭惡。這個計劃多少總有它新奇的地方；再說，家里有了這樣的母親和這樣幾位不能融洽的妹妹，自難完美無缺，換換環(huán)境也好。趁著旅行的機會也可去看看吉英；總之，時日迫近了，她反而有些等不及了。她在一切都進行得很順利，最后依舊照了夏綠蒂原先的意思，跟威廉爵士和他的第二個女兒一塊兒去作一次客。以后這計劃又補充了一下，決定在倫敦住一夜，這一來可真是個十全十美的計劃了。

The only pain was in leaving her father, who would certainly miss her, and who, when it came to the point, so little liked her going that he told her to write to him, and almost promised to answer her letter.
只有和父親離別使她感到痛苦，父親一定會記掛她。說起來，他根本就不愿意讓她去，既是事情已經(jīng)決定，只得叫她常常寫信給他，而且?guī)缀醮饝?yīng)親自給她回信。

The farewell between herself and Mr. Wickham was perfectly friendly; on his side even more. His present pursuit could not make him forget that Elizabeth had been the first to excite and to deserve his attention, the first to listen and to pity, the first to be admired; and in his manner of bidding her adieu, wishing her every enjoyment, reminding her of what she was to expect in Lady Catherine de Bourgh, and trusting their opinion of her -- their opinion of every body -- would always coincide, there was a solicitude, an interest which she felt must ever attach her to him with a most sincere regard; and she parted from him convinced that, whether married or single, he must always be her model of the amiable and pleasing.
她跟韋翰先生告別時，雙方都十分客氣，韋翰比她還要客氣。他目前雖然在追求別人，卻并沒有因此就忘了伊麗莎白是第一個引起他注目的人，第一個值得他注目的人，第一個聽他傾訴衷情，第一個可憐他，第一個搏得了他愛慕的人；他向她告別，祝她萬事如意，又對她說了一遍德·包爾夫人是很好的一個人，他相信他們倆對那位老夫人的評價，對每一個人的評價，一定完全吻合。他說這話的時候，顯得很是熱誠，很是關(guān)切，這種盛情一定會使她對他永遠懷著極其深摯的好感。他們分手以后，她更相信不管他結(jié)婚也罷，單身也罷，他在她的心目中將會始終是一個極其和藹可親而又討人喜歡的人。

Her fellow-travellers the next day were not of a kind to make her think him less agreeable. Sir William Lucas and his daughter Maria, a good humoured girl, but as empty-headed as himself, had nothing to say that could be worth hearing, and were listened to with about as much delight as the rattle of the chaise. Elizabeth loved absurdities, but she had known Sir William's too long. He could tell her nothing new of the wonders of his presentation and knighthood; and his civilities were worn out like his information.
第二天和她同路的那些人，也并沒有使韋翰在她心目中相形見絀。威廉爵士簡直說不出一句中聽的話，他那位女兒瑪麗亞雖然脾氣很好，腦子卻象她父親一樣空洞，也說不出一句中聽的話。聽他們父女倆說話，就好象聽到車輛的轆轆聲一樣無聊。伊麗莎白本來愛聽無稽之談，不過威廉爵士那一套她實在聽得膩了。他談來談去總不外乎覲見皇上以及榮膺爵士頭銜之類的奇聞，翻不出什么新花樣來；他那一套禮貌舉止，也象他的出言吐語一樣，已經(jīng)陳腐不堪。

It was a journey of only twenty-four miles, and they began it so early as to be in Gracechurch-street by noon. As they drove to Mr. Gardiner's door, Jane was at a drawing-room window watching their arrival; when they entered the passage she was there to welcome them, and Elizabeth, looking earnestly in her face, was pleased to see it healthful and lovely as ever. On the stairs were a troop of little boys and girls, whose eagerness for their cousin's appearance would not allow them to wait in the drawing-room, and whose shyness, as they had not seen her for a twelvemonth, prevented their coming lower. All was joy and kindness. The day passed most pleasantly away; the morning in bustle and shopping, and the evening at one of the theatres.
這段旅程不過二十四英里路，他們啟程很早，為的是要在正午趕到天恩寺街。他們走近嘉丁納先生的大門時，吉英正在會客室的窗口望著他們。他們走近過道時，吉英正等在那兒接他們，伊麗莎白真摯地仔細望了望吉英的臉，只見那張臉蛋兒還是象往常一樣地健康美麗，她覺得很高興。男男女女的孩子們?yōu)榱思庇谝姷奖砟蹋诳蛷d里等不及，又因為一年沒見面，不好意思下樓去，便都待在樓梯口。到處是一片歡樂與和善的氣氛。這一天真過得極其愉快；上午亂哄哄地忙做一團，又要出去買東西；晚上上戲院去看戲。

Elizabeth then contrived to sit by her aunt. Their first subject was her sister; and she was more grieved than astonished to hear, in reply to her minute enquiries, that though Jane always struggled to support her spirits, there were periods of dejection. It was reasonable, however, to hope that they would not continue long. Mrs. Gardiner gave her the particulars also of Miss Bingley's visit in Gracechurch-street, and repeated conversations occurring at different times between Jane and herself, which proved that the former had, from her heart, given up the acquaintance.
伊麗莎白在舅母身旁坐下來。她們倆首先就談到她姐姐。她仔仔細細問了許多話，舅母回答她說，吉英雖然竭力提著精神，還免不了有意氣消沉的時候，她聽了并不十分詫異，卻很憂郁。她在這種意氣消沉的現(xiàn)象還會繼續(xù)多久。嘉丁納太太也跟伊麗莎白談起彬格萊小姐過訪天恩寺街的一切情形，又把吉英跟她好幾次的談話重述了一遍給她聽，這些話足以說明吉英的確打算再不和彬格萊小姐來往了。