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All Meryton seemed striving to blacken the man, who, but three months before, had been almost an angel of light. He was declared to be in debt to every tradesman in the place,
三个月以前，差不多整个麦里屯的人们都把这个男人捧到天上；三个月以后，整个麦里屯的人都说他的坏话。他们说，
and his intrigues, all honoured with the title of seduction, had been extended into every tradesman's family.
他在当地每一个商人那里都欠下了一笔债；又给他加上了诱骗妇女的的头衔，又说每个商人家里都受过他的糟蹋。
Every body declared that he was the wickedest young man in the world; and every body began to find out that they had always distrusted the appearance of his goodness.
每个人都说他是天下最坏的青年；每个人都开始发觉自己一向就不信任他那伪善的面貌。
Elizabeth, though she did not credit above half of what was said, believed enough to make her former assurance of her sister's ruin still more certain; and even Jane,
伊丽莎白虽然对这些话只是半信半疑，不过她早就认为妹妹会毁在他手里，这一来当然更是深信无疑。吉英本来连半信半疑也谈不上，
who believed still less of it, became almost hopeless, more especially as the time was now come when, if they had gone to Scotland,
这一来也几乎感到失望──因为时间已经过了这么久，如果他们两人真到苏格兰去了，
which she had never before entirely despaired of, they must in all probability have gained some news of them.
现在也应该有消息了，这样一想，纵使她从来没有觉得完全失望，现在当然也难免要感到失望。
Mr. Gardiner left Longbourn on Sunday; on Tuesday, his wife received a letter from him; it told them that on his arrival, he had immediately found out his brother,
嘉丁纳先生是星期日离开浪搏恩的。星期二他太太接到他一封信。信上说，他一到那里就找到了姐夫，
and persuaded him to come to Gracechurch street; that Mr. Bennet had been to Epsom and Clapham before his arrival, but without gaining any satisfactory information;
把他劝到天恩寺街去。又说，他没有到达伦敦以前，班纳特先生曾到艾普桑和克拉普汗去过，可惜没有打听到一点儿满意的消息；
and that he was now determined to enquire at all the principal hotels in town, as Mr. Bennet thought it possible they might have gone to one of them,
又说他决定到城里各大旅馆去打听一下，因为班纳特先生认为，韦翰和丽迪雅一到伦敦，
on their first coming to London, before they procured lodgings.
可能先住旅馆，然后再慢慢寻找房子。
