2 Love lost

Chapter 2 Love lost Whenever the Bennets and Mr. Bingley now met, Mr. Bingley always sought out Jane. Lizzy could see that Jane was on her way to falling deeply in love with him. She was surpised to find that Mr. Darcy always seemed to be watching her. "I can't think why," she told her friend, Charlotte. "Unless he means to criticize me, for he never comes near me. But I like him too little to mind what he thinks of me."

班纳特夫妇和彬格莱先生现在每次见面，彬格莱先生总要去找简。 丽萃看得出来，简马上就要深深地爱上他了。 她惊奇地发现，达西先生似乎总是在注视着她。 “我不知道为什么，”她告诉她的朋友夏洛。 “除非他想批评我，因为他从来不靠近我。 但是我太不喜欢他了，所以我不在乎他怎么看我。”

Instead, her attention was caught by a new offcer in town - a Mr. Wickham. Lydia was the first to meet him. "Everyone is in love with him," she declared. "He's so handsome. If you come into town with me, I'll introduce you." As soon as Lydia saw Wickham, she rushed over and dragged him back to meet her sisters, looking very pleased with herself. Lizzy was immediately struck by his charm. His manners were so easy and engaging after Mr. Darcy's cold formality.

可是，她的注意力却被城里新来的军官——韦翰先生吸引住了。 莉迪亚是第一个见到他的人。 “每个人都爱上了他，”她宣称。 “他太帅了。如果你和我一起进城，我会介绍你认识的。” 丽迪雅一看见韦翰，就冲过去拉着他回去见她的姐妹们，一副得意洋洋的样子。 丽萃立刻被他的魅力迷住了。 在达西先生那种冷淡的拘谨之后，他的态度是那么随和，那么讨人喜欢。

They fell behind the others and walked a little way together. "Lydia says you often meet with the party at Netherfield," Wickham observed. "Do you know Mr. Darcy well?" "As much as I ever wish to," said Lizzy. "I have known him since I was a child. His father was the best of men and very fond of me. When he died, he left me a job as a clergyman. But when the position came up, Mr. Darcy refused to give it to me."

他们落在其他人后面，一起走了一小段路。 “丽迪雅说你经常在尼日斐花园和客人们见面，”韦翰说。 “你跟达西先生熟吗？”“随我怎么想就怎么想，”丽萃说。 “我从小就认识他了。 他的父亲是最好的人，非常喜欢我。 他死后留给我一份牧师的工作。 可是当那个职位出现的时候，达西先生却不肯给我。”

Lizzy gasped. "This is shocking! I thought him to be a proud, disagreeable man, but not as bad as this. "I think he must have been jealous of me," said Wickham. "But the memory of his father means I wouldn't wish to tell people, and see Darcy disgraced in public." Lizzy thought how good it was of Wickham to say so, and thought him all the handsomer as he said it. When they parted company, her head was full of him. She could think of nothing but Mr. Wickham, and what he had told her.

丽萃气喘吁吁地说。“这太令人震惊了！”我原以为他是一个高傲、令人讨厌的人，但还不至于坏到这个地步。 “我想他一定是嫉妒我了，”韦翰说。 “可是一想起他父亲，我就不愿告诉别人，不愿看到达西当众丢脸。” 丽萃觉得韦翰这么说真是太好了，而且觉得他说这话的时候更漂亮了。 他们分手时，她满脑子都是他。 她一心只想着韦翰先生和他对她说的话。

At home, Mrs. Bennet could hardly contain her excitement. "Mr. Bingley is holding a ball!" she told them. "It's for Jane, I'm sure of it!" Lizzy planned to spend the evening dancing with Mr. Wickham, but when they arrived, he was nowhere to be found. "I see how it is," she thought. "Mr. Darcy has made sure he isn't invited." She turned, and found herself suddenly in front of Mr. Darcy. He asked her for the next dance, and took her so much by surprise that she agreed without knowing what she did. They began the dance without speaking a word. As the silence went on, Lizzy began to suspect it would last the entire dance and was happy to keep it, until she imagined it might be a greater punishment for Mr. Darcy to talk.

班纳特太太回到家里，激动得简直无法抑制。 “彬格莱先生要开舞会！”她告诉她们。 “是给简的，我敢肯定！”丽萃打算晚上跟韦翰先生跳舞，可是她们到了以后，却不见他的踪影。 “我明白是怎么回事了，”她想。 “达西先生一定没有邀请他。” 她转过身来，突然发现自己站在达西先生面前。 他请她下一支舞，这使她大吃一惊，她在不知不觉中答应了。 他们一句话也没说就开始跳舞了。 沉默继续着，丽萃开始怀疑这种沉默会持续到整个舞会结束，于是她很乐意保持这种沉默，直到她想到，如果达西先生开口说话，也许是对他更大的惩罚。