莉迪亚私奔
类别:经典文学
莉迪亚与威克汉姆私奔,给班内特家族带来巨大耻辱,伊丽莎白深感愧疚并担忧失去达西。
时长 67 秒 · 语速 167 wpm
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Jane's letter carried the worst possible news. 简的信带来了最糟糕的消息。
Lydia, the youngest and silliest Bennett sister, had run away with Mr. Wickham. 莉迪亚,班纳特家最年轻、最愚蠢的妹妹,和威克姆先生私奔了。
The two had disappeared together, and they were not married. 两人一起消失了,而且他们还没有结婚。
In those days, this was a terrible scandal. 在那个年代,这是一桩可怕的丑闻。
If a young woman ran off like this, her whole family lost its good name. 如果一个年轻女子这样私奔,她的整个家族都会名誉扫地。
Elizabeth's other sisters, including Jane, might never be able to marry now. 伊丽莎白的其他姐妹,包括简,现在可能永远都嫁不出去了。
Elizabeth felt sick with shame and fear, 伊丽莎白因羞愧和恐惧而感到非常难受,
and she felt something worse, 而且她还感到了一种更糟糕的情绪,
guilt. She had known the truth about Wickham. 那就是内疚。她早就知道威克姆的真相。
If she had warned her family, perhaps this would never have happened. 如果她当时警告了家人,也许这一切就不会发生了。
As she cried, Mr. Darcy came in and found her. 她哭泣的时候,达西先生走了进来,发现了她。
Through her tears, she told him everything. 她泪眼模糊地告诉了他一切。
He listened in silence, his face grave. 他默默地听着,脸色凝重。
Then, with few words, he left. 接着,他没说几句话就离开了。
Elizabeth was sure she had lost him forever. 伊丽莎白确信她永远失去他了。
No proud gentleman would want to marry into such a disgraced family now. 现在,没有哪个高傲的绅士会愿意娶一个名誉扫地的家族的女儿。
Sometimes we see a person's true worth only when we believe we have lost them. 有时候,我们只有在以为失去一个人的时候,才能看到他们真正的价值。
She hurried home to Longbourn, where the whole family was in a panic, 她匆匆赶回朗伯恩,家里人全都陷入了恐慌,
and no one knew where Lydia and Wickham had gone. 而且没有人知道莉迪亚和威克姆去了哪里。