ELIZABETH passed the chief of the night in her sister's room, and in the morning had the pleasure of being able to send a tolerable answer to the enquiries which she very early received from Mr. Bingley by a housemaid, and some time afterwards from the two elegant ladies who waited on his sisters. In spite of this amendment, however, she requested to have a note sent to Longbourn, desiring her mother to visit Jane, and form her own judgment of her situation. The note was immediately dispatched, and its contents as quickly complied with. Mrs. Bennet, accompanied by her two youngest girls, reached Netherfield soon after the family breakfast.
伊麗莎白那一晚上的大部分時間都是在她姐姐房間里度過的，第二天一大早，彬格萊先生就派了個女傭人來問候她們。過了一會兒，彬格萊的姐姐妹妹也打發(fā)了兩個文雅的侍女來探病，伊麗莎白總算可以聊以自慰地告訴她們說，病人已略見好轉(zhuǎn)。不過，她雖然寬了一下心，卻還是要求他們府上替她差人送封信到浪博恩去，要她的媽媽來看看吉英，來親自判斷她的病情如何。信立刻就送去了，信上所說的事也很快就照辦了。班納特太太帶著兩個最小的女兒來到尼日斐花園的時候，他們家里剛剛吃過早飯。

Had she found Jane in any apparent danger, Mrs. Bennet would have been very miserable; but being satisfied on seeing her, that her illness was not alarming, she had no wish of her recovering immediately, as her restoration to health would probably remove her from Netherfield. She would not listen therefore to her daughter's proposal of being carried home; neither did the apothecary, who arrived about the same time, think it at all advisable. After sitting a little while with Jane, on Miss Bingley's appearance and invitation the mother and three daughters all attended her into the breakfast parlour. Bingley met them with hopes that Mrs. Bennet had not found Miss Bennet worse than she expected.
倘使班納特太太發(fā)覺吉英有什么危險，那她真要傷心死了；但是一看到吉英的病并不怎么嚴重，她就滿意了；她也并不希望吉英馬上復(fù)元，因為，要是一復(fù)元，她就得離開尼日斐花園回家去。所以她的女兒一提起要她帶她回家去，她聽也不要聽，況且那位差不多跟她同時來到的醫(yī)生，也認為搬回去不是個好辦法。母親陪著吉英坐了一會兒工夫，彬格萊小姐便來請她吃早飯，于是她就帶著三個女兒一塊兒上飯廳去。彬格萊先生前來迎接她們，說是希望班納特太太看到了小姐的病一定會覺得并不是想象中那般嚴重。

"Indeed I have, Sir," was her answer. "She is a great deal too ill to be moved. Mr. Jones says we must not think of moving her. We must trespass a little longer on your kindness."
班納特太太回答道：“我卻沒有想象到會這般嚴重呢，先生，她病得太厲害了，根本不能搬動。鐘斯大夫也說，千萬不可以叫她搬動。我們只得叨光你們多照顧幾天啦?！?/div>

"Removed!" cried Bingley. "It must not be thought of. My sister, I am sure, will not hear of her removal."
“搬動！”彬格萊叫道：“絕對不可以。我相信我的妹妹也決計不肯讓她搬走的。”

"You may depend upon it, Madam," said Miss Bingley, with cold civility, "that Miss Bennet shall receive every possible attention while she remains with us."
彬格萊小姐冷淡而有禮貌地說：“你放心好啦，老太太，班納特小姐待在我們這兒，我們一定盡心盡意地照顧她?！?/div>

Mrs. Bennet was profuse in her acknowledgments.
班納特太太連聲道謝。

"I am sure," she added, "if it was not for such good friends I do not know what would become of her, for she is very ill indeed, and suffers a vast deal, though with the greatest patience in the world -- which is always the way with her, for she has, without exception, the sweetest temper I ever met with. I often tell my other girls they are nothing to her. You have a sweet room here, Mr. Bingley, and a charming prospect over that gravel walk. I do not know a place in the country that is equal to Netherfield. You will not think of quitting it in a hurry I hope, though you have but a short lease."
接著她又說道：“要不是靠好朋友們照顧，我相信她真不知道變成什么樣兒了；因為她實在病得很重，痛苦得很厲害，不過好在她有極大的耐性──她一貫都是那樣的，我生平簡直沒見過第二個人有她這般溫柔到極點的性格。我常常跟別的幾個女兒們說，她們比起她來簡直太差了。彬格萊先生，你這所房子很可愛呢，從那條鵝卵石鋪道上望出去，景致也很美麗。在這個村莊里，我從來沒見過一個地方比得上尼日斐花園。雖然你的租期很短，我勸你千萬別急著搬走?！?/div>

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