Mrs. Bennet, to whose apartment they all repaired, after a few minutes conversation together, received them exactly as might be expected; with tears and lamentations of regret, invectives against the villainous conduct of Wickham, and complaints of her own sufferings and ill usage; blaming every body but the person to whose ill-judging indulgence the errors of her daughter must be principally owing.
大家談了一會兒以后，都到班納特太太房里去了。果然不出所料，班納特太太見到他們便眼淚汪汪，長吁短嘆。她先把韋翰的卑劣行為痛罵了一頓，又為自己的病痛和委屈抱怨了一番，她幾乎把每個人都罵到了，只有一個人沒罵到，而那個人卻正是盲目溺愛女兒，使女兒鑄成大錯的主要原因。

"If I had been able," said she, "to carry my point of going to Brighton, with all my family, this would not have happened; but poor dear Lydia had nobody to take care of her. Why did the Forsters ever let her go out of their sight? I am sure there was some great neglect or other on their side, for she is not the kind of girl to do such a thing, if she had been well looked after. I always thought they were very unfit to have the charge of her; but I was over-ruled, as I always am. Poor dear child! And now here's Mr. Bennet gone away, and I know he will fight Wickham wherever he meets him, and then he will be killed, and what is to become of us all? The Collinses will turn us out, before he is cold in his grave; and if you are not kind to us, brother, I do not know what we shall do."
她說：“要是當初能夠依了我的打算，讓全家人都跟著到白利屯去，那就不會發(fā)生這種事了。麗迪雅真是又可憐又可愛。毛病就出在沒有人照應(yīng)。弗斯脫太太怎么竟放心讓她離開他們跟前呢？我看，一定是他們太怠慢了她。象她那樣一個姑娘，要是有人好好地照料她，她是決不會做出那種事來的。我一直覺得他們不配照管她；可是我一直要受人家擺布?？蓱z的好孩子呀！班納特先生已經(jīng)走了，他一碰到韋翰，一定會跟他拚個死活，他一定會給韋翰活活打死，那叫我們大家可怎么辦？他尸骨未寒，柯林斯一家人就要把我們攆出去；兄弟呀，要是你不幫幫我們的忙，我就真不知道怎么是好啦?！?/div>

They all exclaimed against such terrific ideas; and Mr. Gardiner, after general assurances of his affection for her and all her family, told her that he meant to be in London the very next day, and would assist Mr. Bennet in every endeavour for recovering Lydia.
大家聽到她這些可怕的話，都失聲大叫；嘉丁納先生告訴她說，無論對她本人，對她家里人，他都會盡心照顧，然后又告訴她說，他明天就要到倫敦去，盡力幫助班納特先生去找麗迪雅。

"Do not give way to useless alarm," added he; "though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain. It is not quite a week since they left Brighton. In a few days more, we may gain some news of them, and till we know that they are not married, and have no design of marrying, do not let us give the matter over as lost. As soon as I get to town, I shall go to my brother and make him come home with me to Gracechurch Street, and then we may consult together as to what is to be done."
他又說：“不要過分焦急，雖說也應(yīng)該從最壞的方面去著想，可也不一定會落得最壞的下場。他們離開白利屯還不到一個星期。再過幾天，我們可能會打聽到一些有關(guān)他們的消息。等我們把事情弄明白了；要是他們真的沒有結(jié)婚，而且不打算結(jié)婚，那時候才談得上失望。我一進城就會到姐夫那里去，請他到天恩寺街我們家里去住，那時候我們就可以一塊兒商量出一個辦法來?！?/div>

"Oh! my dear brother," replied Mrs. Bennet, "that is exactly what I could most wish for. And now do, when you get to town, find them out, wherever they may be; and if they are not married already, make them marry. And as for wedding clothes, do not let them wait for that, but tell Lydia she shall have as much money as she chuses to buy them, after they are married. And, above all things, keep Mr. Bennet from fighting. Tell him what a dreadful state I am in, -- that I am frightened out of my wits; and have such tremblings, such flutterings all over me such spasms in my side, and pains in my head, and such beatings at heart, that I can get no rest by night nor by day. And tell my dear Lydia, not to give any directions about her clothes till she has seen me, for she does not know which are the best warehouses. Oh, brother, how kind you are! I know you will contrive it all."
班納特太太回答道：“噢，好兄弟，這話正講在我心上。你一到城里，千萬把他們找到，不管他們在哪里也好；要是他們還沒有結(jié)婚，一定叫他們結(jié)婚。講到結(jié)婚的禮服，叫他們用不著等了，只告訴麗迪雅說，等他們結(jié)婚以后，她要多少錢做衣服我就給她多少錢。千萬要緊的是，別讓班納特先生跟他打架。還請你告訴他，我真是在活受罪，簡直給嚇得神經(jīng)錯亂了，遍身發(fā)抖，東倒西歪，腰部抽搐，頭痛心跳，從白天到夜里，沒有一刻能夠安心。請你跟我的麗迪雅寶貝兒說，叫她不要自作主張做衣服，等到和我見了面再說，因為她不知道哪一家衣料店最好。噢，兄弟，你真是一片好心！我知道你會想出辦法來把樣樣事情都辦好?！?/div>

您感興趣的課程有優(yōu)惠啦，快去看看
傲慢與偏見英漢對照閱讀推薦