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Sir William stayed only a week at Hunsford, but his visit was long enough to convince him of his daughter’s being most comfortably settled, and of her possessing such a husband and such a neighbour as were not often met with.
威廉爵士只在汉斯福德待了一个星期，不过他这一个星期的造访已足以使他相信，女儿的婚后生活非常幸福，女儿的确是嫁了一个不可多得的丈夫，而且她的那个邻居也是很少见得到的贵人。
While Sir William was with them, Mr. Collins devoted his morning to driving him out in his gig, and showing him the country; but when he went away, the whole family returned to their usual employments, and Elizabeth was thankful to find that they did not see more of her cousin by the alteration, for the chief of the time between breakfast and dinner was now passed by him either at work in the garden or in reading and writing, and looking out of the window in his own book-room, which fronted the road.
威廉爵士在这里时，科林斯每天上午驾着两轮马车带他出去兜风，让他观赏乡下的风光。在他走了以后，家里又恢复了往常的生活，伊丽莎白很庆幸地发现，这一改变并没有让她的表兄缠着她们来消磨时光，在早饭到午饭的这段时间里，他不是在花园里耕作，就是在书房里阅读写作，时而也从那扇临街的窗户向外眺望。
The room in which the ladies sat was backwards.
女士们待着的起居间是在最里面。
Elizabeth had at first rather wondered that Charlotte should not prefer the dining-parlour for common use; it was a better sized room, and had a more pleasant aspect; but she soon saw that her friend had an excellent reason for what she did, for Mr. Collins would undoubtedly have been much less in his own apartment, had they sat in one equally lively; and she gave Charlotte credit for the arrangement.
伊丽莎白起初很奇怪，夏洛特为什么不把餐厅兼作起居间。餐厅宽敞舒适，光线和外面的景观也比前者好得多。可是她不久便明白了，她的朋友这样做有她的道理，如果她们也待在一间同样舒适的房间里，那么科林斯先生势必在他房间里待着的时间就会少得多了。她很赞赏夏洛特的这一安排。
From the drawing-room they could distinguish nothing in the lane, and were indebted to Mr. Collins for the knowledge of what carriages went along, and how often especially Miss de Bourgh drove by in her phaeton, which he never failed coming to inform them of, though it happened almost every day.
在起居间，她们看不着街巷那边，多亏了科林斯先生，她们才知道有什么样的马车驶过啦，尤其是德·包尔小姐乘着的小马车有几次通过巷子里啦，对这样的事情，他没有一次忘了来通报的，尽管几乎天天都发生着这样的事情。
She not unfrequently stopped at the Parsonage, and had a few minutes’ conversation with Charlotte, but was scarcely ever prevailed upon to get out.
德·包尔小姐常常在牧师住宅前停下来，跟夏洛特说上几分钟的话，可很少能有把她请下车来的时候。
Very few days passed in which Mr. Collins did not walk to Rosings, and not many in which his wife did not think it necessary to go likewise; and till Elizabeth recollected that there might be other family livings to be disposed of, she could not understand the sacrifice of so many hours.
隔不了一两天，科林斯就要走着到罗新斯探望，隔不了许多天，他的妻子便同样地觉得该到那边去走一走了。直到伊丽莎白想到他们这样做也许能得到另外的俸禄时，她才理解了他们为什么舍得花费那么多的时间。
Now and then they were honoured with a call from her ladyship, and nothing escaped her observation that was passing in the room during these visits.
不时地他们也能荣幸地迎来凯瑟琳夫人的造访，在这样的一些访问里，屋子里发生的一切都逃不过她的眼睛。
She examined into their employments, looked at their work, and advised them to do it differently; found fault with the arrangement of the furniture; or detected the housemaid in negligence; and if she accepted any refreshment, seemed to do it only for the sake of finding out that Mrs. Collins’s joints of meat were too large for her family.
她查看他们所做的活计，看着他们做家务活儿，并且告诫他们用不同的方法去做；对家具的摆设也要挑上一通毛病，要不就是说房里的女仆在偷懒。如果凯瑟琳夫人肯在这里吃上点儿什么，那也似乎只是为了发现出科林斯太太在持家吃用上大手大脚，入不敷出。
Elizabeth soon perceived, that though this great lady was not in the commission of the peace of the county, she was a most active magistrate in her own parish, the minutest concerns of which were carried to her by Mr. Collins; and whenever any of the cottagers were disposed to be quarrelsome, discontented, or too poor, she sallied forth into the village to settle their differences, silence their complaints, and scold them into harmony and plenty.
伊丽莎白很快发现，这位了不起的夫人还是她这个教区最活跃的行政法官，教区里发生的芝麻大点的事情也会由科林斯先生汇报给她，尽管这位夫人并不在乡里的保安会担任任何职务。每当有村民们吵架闹事或是有什么不满，或是穷得活不下去时，她便亲驾出征，到村子里去解决他们的纠纷，压下他们的不平，呵责得他们肝火消尽，不再哭穷。
The entertainment of dining at Rosings was repeated about twice a week; and, allowing for the loss of Sir William, and there being only one card-table in the evening, every such entertainment was the counterpart of the first.
罗新斯的请饭大约一个星期要重复两次。尽管少了威廉爵士，晚上的牌局也只剩下了一桌，可每次的宴请还是像上一次的一样如法炮制。
Their other engagements were few, as the style of living in the neighbourhood in general was beyond Mr. Collins’s reach.
科林斯夫妇很少有什么别的约会，因为邻居们的生活方式一般是他们所涉入不到的。
This, however, was no evil to Elizabeth, and upon the whole she spent her time comfortably enough; there were half-hours of pleasant conversation with Charlotte, and the weather was so fine for the time of year that she had often great enjoyment out of doors.
不过，这对伊丽莎白来说倒并没有什么，总的来说，她在这里过得很闲适。经常和夏洛特愉快地聊上半个多钟头，而且适值一年中最好的季节，她在户外的散步中也得到很大的乐趣。
Her favourite walk, and where she frequently went while the others were calling on Lady Catherine, was along the open grove which edged that side of the park, where there was a nice sheltered path, which no one seemed to value but herself, and where she felt beyond the reach of Lady Catherine’s curiosity.
当别人都去拜访凯瑟琳夫人时，她每每出去，沿着一片紧挨着花园的小树林，惬意地走一走，在小树林旁边有一条绿荫掩翳的小路，似乎很少有人注意过，可她却很喜欢，在那里她就觉得到了一处凯瑟琳夫人的好奇心窥探不到自己的地方。
In this quiet way, the first fortnight of her visit soon passed away.
她在这儿留住的头两个星期就这样平静地过去了。
Easter was approaching, and the week preceding it was to bring an addition to the family at Rosings, which in so small a circle must be important.
复活节临近了，节前一星期，罗新斯府上将要到来一个人，在乡下这么一个小天地里，这当然是一件大事啦。
Elizabeth had heard soon after her arrival that Mr. Darcy was expected there in the course of a few weeks, and though there were not many of her acquaintances whom she did not prefer, his coming would furnish one comparatively new to look at in their Rosings parties, and she might be amused in seeing how hopeless Miss Bingley’s designs on him were, by his behaviour to his cousin, for whom he was evidently destined by Lady Catherine, who talked of his coming with the greatest satisfaction, spoke of him in terms of the highest admiration, and seemed almost angry to find that he had already been frequently seen by Miss Lucas and herself.
伊丽莎白在刚到来后不久便听说达西先生在几个星期后要来，虽说在她认识的人里达西先生是她最不愿意接近的一个，他的到来还是能给罗新斯的筵席上添上一点儿新意，说不定还是快意呢，因为她知道达西与他表妹的这种关系（凯瑟琳夫人肯定是要叫达西娶她女儿的）会使宾格莱小姐对达西的一番苦心完全落空。凯瑟琳夫人一提起达西要来，便得意得了不得，对他赞扬备至，而在听说卢卡斯和伊丽莎白已多次见过达西时，她似乎都有点儿生气了。
His arrival was soon known at the Parsonage; for Mr. Collins was walking the whole morning within view of the lodges opening into Hunsford Lane, in order to have the earliest assurance of it, and after making his bow as the carriage turned into the Park, hurried home with the great intelligence.
达西先生到来的消息是牧师住宅这边最先知道的，那天科林斯整个上午都在自己花园临街的仆人住宅处来回走动，为的是尽早获得确切的消息。在他向来人的马车鞠了一躬看着人家拐进了罗新斯花园后，便急忙跑回来报告了这一重大新闻。
On the following morning he hastened to Rosings to pay his respects.
第二天早晨，他匆匆地赶往罗新斯向贵宾表示他的敬意。
There were two nephews of Lady Catherine to require them, for Mr. Darcy had brought with him a Colonel Fitzwilliam, the younger son of his uncle Lord ----, and, to the great surprise of all the party, when Mr. Collins returned, the gentlemen accompanied him.
在那里需要他献上敬意的竟是凯瑟琳夫人的两个姨侄呢，达西先生带来了费茨威廉上校，他叔叔的一个小儿子。天啊——更让她们吃惊的是，科林斯回来时把两位贵客也带了回来。
Charlotte had seen them from her husband’s room, crossing the road, and immediately running into the other, told the girls what an honour they might expect, adding:
夏洛特从她丈夫的房间里看到他们一行三人穿过了马路，便立刻跑到起居间，告诉姑娘们有莫大的荣幸要降临到她们头上啦，并且还说：
“I may thank you, Eliza, for this piece of civility. Mr. Darcy would never have come so soon to wait upon me.”
“这次有贵人登门，伊丽莎白，我应该感谢你才对。达西先生绝不会刚到此地，就这么着急地来看我的。”
Elizabeth had scarcely time to disclaim all right to the compliment, before their approach was announced by the door-bell, and shortly afterwards the three gentlemen entered the room.
伊丽莎白还没来得及否认对她的这番恭维，来人已经按响了门铃，不一会儿三位先生进了屋子。
Colonel Fitzwilliam, who led the way, was about thirty, not handsome, but in person and address most truly the gentleman.
在最前面的是费茨威廉上校，他约莫三十来岁，长得并不漂亮，可从人的仪表到谈吐都可称得上是一位地地道道的绅士。
Mr. Darcy looked just as he had been used to look in Hertfordshire--paid his compliments, with his usual reserve, to Mrs. Collins, and whatever might be his feelings toward her friend, met her with every appearance of composure.
达西先生还像他从前在哈福德郡时的那副样子，进来后用他那惯常的矜持态度向科林斯夫妇问好。不管心里对伊丽莎白充溢着怎样的感情，他此时见到她还是显得很镇定。
Elizabeth merely curtseyed to him without saying a word.
伊丽莎白只是向他行了个屈膝礼，没说一句话。
Colonel Fitzwilliam entered into conversation directly with the readiness and ease of a well-bred man, and talked very pleasantly; but his cousin, after having addressed a slight observation on the house and garden to Mrs. Collins, sat for some time without speaking to anybody.
费茨威廉上校很快就和大家聊了起来，他平易随和，很有教养，谈得也十分有兴致。可他的这位表兄，在跟科林斯太太轻描淡写地聊了几句房子和花园之后，便坐在那里有好大一会儿工夫没和任何人搭话。
At length, however, his civility was so far awakened as to enquire of Elizabeth after the health of her family. She answered him in the usual way, and after a moment’s pause, added:
到后来，不知是什么使他想起了应有的礼节，才向伊丽莎白问起她全家人是否安好，伊丽莎白像往常那样淡淡地回答了他一两句，沉默了片刻后才又补充说道：
“My eldest sister has been in town these three months. Have you never happened to see her there?”
“我姐姐这三个月一直住在伦敦城里。你从未碰见过她吗？”
She was perfectly sensible that he never had; but she wished to see whether he would betray any consciousness of what had passed between the Bingleys and Jane, and she thought he looked a little confused as he answered that he had never been so fortunate as to meet Miss Bennet.
伊丽莎白心里十分清楚，达西在城里没见过姐姐。她之所以这么问，是想看看在有关宾格莱家和吉英之间的关系纠葛上，他是否知情。她觉得达西在说到他从不曾有幸碰到过班纳特小姐时，神情显得有些慌乱。
The subject was pursued no farther, and the gentlemen soon afterwards went away.
伊丽莎白没有再往下追问，两位客人不久便告辞了。
