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第131章(第1页)

“Thisisnottobeborne。MissBennet,Iinsistonbeingsatisfied。Hashe,hasmynephew,madeyouanofferofmarriage?”

“Yourladyshiphasdeclaredittobeimpossible。”

“Itoughttobeso;itmustbeso,whileheretainstheuseofhisreason。Butyourartsandallurementsmay,inamomentofinfatuation,havemadehimforgetwhatheowestohimselfandtoallhisfamily。Youmayhavedrawnhimin。”

“IfIhave,Ishallbethelastpersontoconfessit。”

“MissBennet,doyouknowwhoIam?Ihavenotbeenaccustomedtosuchlanguageasthis。Iamalmostthenearestrelationhehasintheworld,andamentitledtoknowallhisdearestconcerns。”

“Butyouarenotentitledtoknowmine;norwillsuchbehaviourasthis,everinducemetobeexplicit。”

“Letmeberightlyunderstood。Thismatch,towhichyouhavethepresumptiontoaspire,cannevertakeplace。No,never。Mr。Darcyisengagedtomydaughter。Nowwhathaveyoutosay?”

“Onlythis;thatifheisso,youcanhavenoreasontosupposehewillmakeanoffertome。”

LadyCatherinehesitatedforamoment,andthenreplied:

“Theengagementbetweenthemisofapeculiarkind。Fromtheirinfancy,theyhavebeenintendedforeachother。Itwasthefavouritewishofhismother,aswellasofhers。Whileintheircradles,weplannedtheunion:andnow,atthemomentwhenthewishesofbothsisterswouldbeaccomplishedistheirmarriage,tobepreventedbyayoungwomanofinferiorbirth,ofnoimportanceintheworld,andwhollyunalliedtothefamily!Doyoupaynoregardtothewishesofhisfriends?TohistacitengagementwithMissdeBourgh?Areyoulosttoeveryfeelingofproprietyanddelicacy?Haveyounotheardmesaythatfromhisearliesthourshewasdestinedforhiscousin?”

“Yes,andIhadhearditbefore。Butwhatisthattome?Ifthereisnootherobjectiontomymarryingyournephew,IshallcertainlynotbekeptfromitbyknowingthathismotherandauntwishedhimtomarryMissdeBourgh。Youbothdidasmuchasyoucouldinplanningthemarriage。Itscompletiondependedonothers。IfMr。Darcyisneitherbyhonournorinclinationconfinedtohiscousin,whyisnothetomakeanotherchoice?AndifIamthatchoice,whymaynotIaccepthim?”

“Becausehonour,decorum,prudence,nay,interest,forbidit。Yes,MissBennet,interest;fordonotexpecttobenoticedbyhisfamilyorfriends,ifyouwilfullyactagainsttheinclinationsofall。Youwillbecensured,slighted,anddespised,byeveryoneconnectedwithhim。Youralliancewillbeadisgrace;yournamewillneverevenbementionedbyanyofus。”

“Theseareheavymisfortunes,”repliedElizabeth。“ButthewifeofMr。Darcymusthavesuchextraordinarysourcesofhappinessnecessarilyattachedtohersituation,thatshecould,uponthewhole,havenocausetorepine。”

“Obstinate,headstronggirl!Iamashamedofyou!Isthisyourgratitudeformyattentionstoyoulastspring?Isnothingduetomeonthatscore?Letussitdown。Youaretounderstand,MissBennet,thatIcameherewiththedeterminedresolutionofcarryingmypurpose;norwillIbedissuadedfromit。Ihavenotbeenusedtosubmittoanypersonswhims。Ihavenotbeeninthehabitofbrookingdisappointment。”

“Thatwillmakeyourladyshipssituationatpresentmorepitiable;butitwillhavenoeffectonme。”

“Iwillnotbeinterrupted。Hearmeinsilence。Mydaughterandmynephewareformedforeachother。Theyaredescended,onthematernalside,fromthesamenobleline;and,onthefathers,fromrespectable,honourable,andancient—thoughuntitled—families。Theirfortuneonbothsidesissplendid。Theyaredestinedforeachotherbythevoiceofeverymemberoftheirrespectivehouses;andwhatistodividethem?Theupstartpretensionsofayoungwomanwithoutfamily,connections,orfortune。Isthistobeendured!Butitmustnot,shallnotbe。Ifyouweresensibleofyourowngood,youwouldnotwishtoquitthesphereinwhichyouhavebeenbroughtup。”

“Inmarryingyournephew,Ishouldnotconsidermyselfasquittingthatsphere。Heisagentleman;Iamagentlemansdaughter;sofarweareequal。”

“True。Youareagentlemansdaughter。Butwhowasyourmother?Whoareyourunclesandaunts?Donotimaginemeignorantoftheircondition。”

“Whatevermyconnectionsmaybe,”saidElizabeth,“ifyournephewdoesnotobjecttothem,theycanbenothingtoyou。”

“Tellmeonceforall,areyouengagedtohim?”

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