Mr. Collins's return into Hertfordshire was no longer a matter of pleasure to Mrs. Bennet. On the contrary, she was as much disposed to complain of it as her husband. -- It was very strange that he should come to Longbourn instead of to Lucas Lodge; it was also very inconvenient and exceedingly troublesome. -- She hated having visitors in the house while her health was so indifferent, and lovers were of all people the most disagreeable. Such were the gentle murmurs of Mrs. Bennet, and they gave way only to the greater distress of Mr. Bingley's continued absence.
對班納特太太說來，柯林斯先生的重返浪博恩，如今并不是什么叫人快意的事了。她反而跟她丈夫一樣地大為抱怨。說也奇怪，柯林斯不去盧家莊，卻要來到浪搏恩，這真是既不方便，又太麻煩。她現(xiàn)在正當(dāng)健康失調(diào)，因此非常討厭客人上門，何況這些癡情種子都是很討厭的人。班納特太太成天嘀咕著這些事，除非想到彬格萊一直不回來而使她感到更大的痛苦時，她方才住口。

Neither Jane nor Elizabeth were comfortable on this subject. Day after day passed away without bringing any other tidings of him than the report which shortly prevailed in Meryton of his coming no more to Netherfield the whole winter; a report which highly incensed Mrs. Bennet, and which she never failed to contradict as a most scandalous falsehood.
吉英跟伊麗莎白都為這個問題大感不安。一天又一天，聽不到一點(diǎn)關(guān)于他的消息，只聽得麥里屯紛紛傳言，說他今冬再也不會上尼日斐花園來了，班納特太太聽得非常生氣，總是加以駁斥，說那是誣蔑性的謠言。

Even Elizabeth began to fear -- not that Bingley was indifferent -- but that his sisters would be successful in keeping him away. Unwilling as she was to admit an idea so destructive of Jane's happiness, and so dishonourable to the stability of her lover, she could not prevent its frequently recurring. The united efforts of his two unfeeling sisters and of his overpowering friend, assisted by the attractions of Miss Darcy and the amusements of London, might be too much, she feared, for the strength of his attachment.
連伊麗莎白也開始恐懼起來了，她并不是怕彬格萊薄情，而是怕他的姐妹們真的絆住了他。盡管她不愿意有這種想法，因?yàn)檫@種想法對于吉英的幸福既有不利，對于吉英心上人的忠貞，也未免是一種侮辱，可是她還是往往禁不住要這樣想。他那兩位無情無義的姐妹，和那位足以制服他的朋友同心協(xié)力，再加上達(dá)西小姐的窈窕嫵媚，以及倫敦的聲色娛樂，縱使他果真對她念念不忘，恐怕也掙脫不了那個圈套。

As for Jane, her anxiety under this suspence was, of course, more painful than Elizabeth's; but whatever she felt she was desirous of concealing, and between herself and Elizabeth, therefore, the subject was never alluded to. But as no such delicacy restrained her mother, an hour seldom passed in which she did not talk of Bingley, express her impatience for his arrival, or even require Jane to confess that if he did not come back, she should think herself very ill used. It needed all Jane's steady mildness to bear these attacks with tolerable tranquillity.
至于吉英，她在這種動蕩不安的情況下，自然比伊麗莎白更加感到焦慮，可是她總不愿意把自己的心事暴露出來，所以她和伊麗莎白一直沒有提到這件事。偏偏她母親不能體貼她的苦衷，過不了一個鐘頭就要提到彬格萊，說是等待他回來實(shí)在等待心焦，甚至硬要吉英承認(rèn)──要是彬格萊果真不回來，那她一定會覺得自己受了薄情的虧待。幸虧吉英臨事從容不迫，柔和鎮(zhèn)定，好容易才忍受了她這些讒言誹語。

Mr. Collins returned most punctually on the Monday fortnight, but his reception at Longbourn was not quite so gracious as it had been on his first introduction. He was too happy, however, to need much attention; and luckily for the others, the business of love-making relieved them from a great deal of his company. The chief of every day was spent by him at Lucas Lodge, and he sometimes returned to Longbourn only in time to make an apology for his absence before the family went to bed.
柯林斯先生在兩個禮拜以后的星期一準(zhǔn)時到達(dá)，可是浪搏恩卻不象他初來時那樣熱烈地歡迎他了。他實(shí)在高興不過也用不著別人獻(xiàn)殷勤。這真是主人家走運(yùn)，多虧他戀愛成了功，這才使別人能夠清閑下來，不必再去跟他周旋。他每天把大部分時間消磨在盧家莊，一直挨到盧府上快要睡覺的時候，才回到浪搏恩來，向大家道歉一聲，請大家原諒他終日未歸。

Mrs. Bennet was really in a most pitiable state. The very mention of any thing concerning the match threw her into an agony of ill humour, and wherever she went she was sure of hearing it talked of. The sight of Miss Lucas was odious to her. As her successor in that house, she regarded her with jealous abhorrence. Whenever Charlotte came to see them she concluded her to be anticipating the hour of possession; and whenever she spoke in a low voice to Mr. Collins, was convinced that they were talking of the Longbourn estate, and resolving to turn herself and her daughters out of the house as soon as Mr. Bennet were dead. She complained bitterly of all this to her husband.
班納特太太著實(shí)可憐。只要一提到那門親事，她就會不高興，而且隨便她走到那兒，她總會聽到人們談起這件事。她一看到盧卡斯小姐就覺得討厭。一想到盧卡斯小姐將來有一天會接替她做這幢屋子里的主婦，她就益發(fā)嫉妒和厭惡。每逢夏綠蒂來看她們，她總以為人家是來考察情況，看看還要過多少時候就可以搬進(jìn)來住；每逢夏綠蒂跟柯林斯先生低聲說話的時候，她就以為他們是在談?wù)摾瞬鞯募耶a(chǎn)，是在計(jì)議一俟班納特先生去世以后，就要把她和她的幾個女兒攆出去。她把這些傷心事都說給她丈夫聽。

"Indeed, Mr. Bennet," said she, "it is very hard to think that Charlotte Lucas should ever be mistress of this house, that I should be forced to make way for her, and live to see her take my place in it!"
她說：“我的好老爺，夏綠蒂·盧卡斯遲早要做這屋子里的主婦，我卻非得讓她不可，眼睜睜看著她來接替我的位置，這可叫我受不了！”

"My dear, do not give way to such gloomy thoughts. Let us hope for better things. Let us flatter ourselves that I may be the survivor."
“我的好太太，別去想這些傷心事吧。我們不妨從好的方面去想。說不定我比你的壽命還要長，我們姑且就這樣來安慰自己吧。”

This was not very consoling to Mrs. Bennet, and, therefore, instead of making any answer, she went on as before,"I cannot bear to think that they should have all this estate, If it was not for the entail I should not mind it."
可是這些話安慰不了班納特太太，因此她非但沒有回答，反而象剛才一樣地訴苦下去?？墒沁@些話安慰不了班納特太太，因此她非但沒有回答，反而象剛才一樣地訴苦下去。

"What should not you mind?"
“你不在乎什么？”

"I should not mind any thing at all."
“什么我都不在乎?！?/div>

"Let us be thankful that you are preserved from a state of such insensibility."
“讓我們謝天謝地，你頭腦還沒有不清楚到這種地步?！?/div>

"I never can be thankful, Mr. Bennet, for any thing about the entail. How any one could have the conscience to entail away an estate from one's own daughters I cannot understand; and all for the sake of Mr. Collins too! -- Why should he have it more than anybody else?"
“我的好老爺，凡是有關(guān)繼承權(quán)的事，我決不會謝天謝地的。隨便哪個人，怎么肯昧著良心，不把財(cái)產(chǎn)遺傳給自己的女兒們？我真弄不懂，何況一切都是為了柯林斯先生的緣故！為什么偏偏要他享有這份遺產(chǎn)？”

"I leave it to yourself to determine," said Mr. Bennet.
“我讓你自己去想吧?！卑嗉{特先生說。