英文名著精选阅读：《傲慢与偏见》第八章
ATfiveo'clockthetwoladiesretiredtodress, andathalfpastsixElizabethwassummonedtodinner. Tothecivilenquirieswhichthenpouredin, andamongstwhichshehadthepleasureofdistinguishingthemuchsuperiorsolicitudeofMr. Bingley's, shecouldnotmakeaveryfavourableanswer. Janewasbynomeansbetter. Thesisters, onhearingthis, repeatedthreeorfourtimeshowmuchtheyweregrieved, howshockingitwastohaveabadcold, andhowexcessivelytheydislikedbeingillthemselves, andthenthoughtnomoreofthematter; andtheirindifferencetowardsJane, whennotimmediatelybeforethem, restoredElizabethtotheenjoymentofallheroriginaldislike.
五点钟的时候，主人家两姐妹出去更衣;六点半的时候伊丽莎白被请去吃晚饭。大家都礼貌周全，纷纷来探问吉英的病情，其中尤其是彬格莱先生问得特别关切，这叫伊丽莎白非常愉快，只可惜吉英的病情一些没有好转，因此她无法给人家满意的回答。那姐妹听到这话，便几次三番地说她们是多么担心，说重伤风是多么可怕，又说她们自己多么讨厌生病，──说过了这些话以后就不当它一回事了。伊丽莎白看到她们当吉英不在她们面前的时候就对吉英这般冷淡，于是她本来那种讨厌她们的心理现在又重新滋长起来。
Theirbrother, indeed, wastheonlyoneofthepartywhomshecouldregardwithanycomplacency. HisanxietyforJanewasevident, andhisattentionstoherselfmostpleasing, andtheypreventedherfeelingherselfsomuchanintruderasshebelievedshewasconsideredbytheothers. Shehadverylittlenoticefromanybuthim. MissBingleywasengrossedbyMr. Darcy, hersisterscarcelylessso; andasforMr. Hurst, bywhomElizabethsat, hewasanindolentman, wholivedonlytoeat, drink, andplayatcards, who, whenhefoundherpreferaplaindishtoaragout, hadnothingtosaytoher.
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