雨中生病

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The Bingley family soon invited Jane to Netherfield for dinner. 宾利一家很快就邀请简去尼日斐庄园吃晚饭。

Mrs. Bennet was delighted, and she made a clever plan. 班内特太太非常高兴，她想出了一个妙计。

You must ride there on the horse, not in the carriage, she told Jane. “你必须骑马去，不能坐马车，”她告诉简。

But why? “可是为什么呢？”

asked Jane. 简问道。

Because it looks like rain, said her mother with a smile. “因为看起来要下雨了，”她母亲笑着说。

If it rains, they will ask you to stay the night. “如果下雨，他们就会留你过夜。”

So Jane rode to Netherfield on horseback. 于是简骑马去了尼日斐庄园。

And, just as Mrs. Bennett hoped, the rain came down hard. 果然，正如班内特太太所希望的那样，大雨倾盆而下。

Jane was soaked to the skin before she arrived. 简还没到，就已经全身湿透了。

But the plan worked too well. 但这个计划奏效得太好了。

That night, Jane caught a bad cold. 那天晚上，简得了重感冒。

She grew feverish and could not go home. 她开始发烧，无法回家。

A letter came to Longbourn the next morning. 第二天早上，一封信送到了浪搏恩。

Jane was ill and must stay in bed at Netherfield. 简病了，必须留在尼日斐庄园卧床休息。

How wonderful, “太好了！”

cried Mrs. Bennett. 班内特太太叫道。

A little cold never hurt anyone, and now she is there for days. “一点小感冒没什么大碍，现在她可以在那里待上好几天了。”

Sometimes a mother's clever plan serves her pride better than her child. 有时，母亲的妙计与其说是为了孩子，不如说是为了满足自己的虚荣心。

But Elizabeth was truly worried about her sister. 但伊丽莎白真心为她的姐姐担心。

She did not care about plans or rich husbands. 她不在乎什么计划或有钱的丈夫。

She decided to go to Netherfield at once, on foot. 她决定立刻步行去尼日斐庄园。