【26 Pride and Prejudice 傲慢與偏見】
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
凡是有錢的單身漢，總要娶位太太，這是一條舉世公認的真理。
However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.
這樣的單身漢，每逢新搬到一個地方，儘管四鄰八舍基本上不了解他的性情如何，見解如何，但由於這樣的一條真理早已在人們心中根深蒂固，人們總是把他視為自己某一個女兒理所應得的一筆財產。
“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Nether field Park is let at last?”
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一天，班納特太太對她的丈夫說：“我的好老爺，尼日斐花園終於租出去了，你聽說了嗎？”
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
班納特先生回答說他不知道。
“But it is,” returned she；“for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.”
“的確租出去了，”她說，“朗格太太剛剛上這兒來，把這件事的來龍去脈一五一十地和我說了。”
Mr. Bennet made no answer.
班納特先生沒有理睬她。
“Don’t you want to know who has taken it?” cried his wife impatiently.
“你難道不想知道是誰租去的嗎？”班納特太太不耐煩地嚷叫起來。
“You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.”
“你想說給我聽，那我聽聽也無妨。”
This was invitation enough.
這句話足夠鼓勵她講下去了。
“Why, my dear, you must know, Mrs. Long says that Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England; that he came down on Monday in a chaise andfour to see the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some of his servants are to be in the house by the end of next week.”
“哦！親愛的，你得知道，朗格太太說，租尼日斐花園的是個來自英格蘭北部的闊少爺；他星期一那天，乘著一輛由四匹馬拉的馬車來看房子，看得非常中意，當場就和莫理斯先生談妥了，他要在‘米迦勒節’以前搬進來，打算先叫幾個傭人在下個周末之前住進去。”
”?eman sih si tahW“
”？字名麼什叫他“
”.yelgniB“
”。利賓“
”?elgnis ro deirram eh sI“
”？態狀身單是還了婚已是他“
”!slrig ruo rof gniht enif a tahW .raey a dnasuoht evif ro ruof ;enutrof egral fo nam elgnis A !erus eb ot ,raed ym ,elgnis！hO“
”！兒事好大件是真說來們兒女對。入收的鎊英千五四有年每，漢身單的錢有常非個一！漢身單個是實實確確他，的愛親，態狀身單！噢“
”?meht tceffa ti nac woH ?os woH“
”？事麼什們兒女關？說麼怎這“
eno gniyrram sih fo gnikniht ma I taht wonk tsum uoY !emoserit os eb uoy nac woh“ ,efiw sih deilper ”,tenneB .rM raed yM“
