ELIZABETH had settled it that Mr. Darcy would bring his sister to visit her the very day after her reaching Pemberley; and was consequently resolved not to be out of sight of the inn the whole of that morning.
伊丽莎白料定达西先生的妹妹一到彭伯里,达西先生隔天就会带着她来拜访她,因此决定那天整个上午都不离开旅馆,至多在附近走走。
But her conclusion was false; for on the very morning after their own arrival at Lambton, these visitors came.
可是她完全猜错了,原来她舅父母到达蓝白屯的当天上午,那批客人就到了彭伯里。
They had been walking about the place with some of their new friends, and were just returned to the inn to dress themselves for dining with the same family, when the sound of a carriage drew them to a window, and they saw a gentleman and lady in a curricle, driving up the street.
他们到了蓝白屯的,便跟着几个新朋友到各处去溜达了一转,刚刚回到旅馆去换衣服,以便到一家朋友那里去吃饭,忽然听到一阵马车声,他们便走到窗口,只见一男一女,坐着一辆双轮马车,从大街上往这边来。
Elizabeth, immediately recognising the livery, guessed what it meant, and imparted no small degree of surprise to her relations by acquainting them with the honour which she expected.
伊丽莎白立刻就认出了马车夫的号衣,心里有了数,于是告诉舅父母说,她就要有贵客光临。
Her uncle and aunt were all amazement; and the embarrassment of her manner as she spoke, joined to the circumstance itself, and many of the circumstances of the preceding day, opened to them a new idea on the business.
舅父母听了都非常惊讶。他们看见她说起话来那么窘,再把眼前的事实和昨天种种情景前前后后想一想,便对这件事有了一种新的看法。
Nothing had ever suggested it before, but they now felt that there was no other way of accounting for such attentions from such a quarter than by supposing a partiality for their niece.
他们以前虽然完全蒙在鼓里,没有看出达西先生爱上了他们的外甥女儿,可是他们现在觉得一定是这么回事,否则他这百般殷勤就无法解释了。
While these newly-born notions were passing in their heads, the perturbation of Elizabeth's feelings was every moment increasing.
他们脑子里不断地转着这些新的念头,伊丽莎白本人也不禁越来越心慌意乱。
She was quite amazed at her own discomposure; but amongst other causes of disquiet, she dreaded lest the partiality of the brother should have said too much in her favour; and more than commonly anxious to please, she naturally suspected that every power of pleasing would fail her.
她奇怪自己怎么会这样坐立不安。她前思后想,很是焦急,怕的是达西先生为了爱她缘故,会在他妹妹面前把她捧得太过分;她愈是想要讨人喜欢,便愈是怀疑自己没有讨人喜欢的本领。