VOLUME 1 --Part 9

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"Oh! my dear Mr. Bennet," as she entered the room, "we have had a most delightful evening, a most excellent ball. I wish you had been there. Jane was so admired, nothing could be like it. Everybody said how well she looked; and Mr. Bingley thought her quite beautiful, and danced with her twice! Only think of that, my dear; he actually danced with her twice! and she was the only creature in the room that he asked a second time. First of all, he asked Miss Lucas. I was so vexed to see him stand up with her! But, however, he did not admire her at all; indeed, nobody can, you know; and he seemed quite struck with Jane as she was going down the dance. So he inquired who she was, and got introduced, and asked her for the two next. Then the two third he danced with Miss King, and the two fourth with Maria Lucas, and the two fifth with Jane again, and the two sixth with Lizzy, and the Boulanger—"
“噢！我亲爱的 Bennet 先生，”Bennet 太太进到房间说，“我们度过了一个非常愉快的夜晚，一个非常棒的舞会。我真想你当时在那里，Jane 昨晚那么受人仰慕，没有比这更好的事情了，所有人都说她如何如何好看，而且 Bingley 先生觉得她很漂亮，和她跳了两次舞！亲爱的，你只要想想这一点;他竟然和她跳了两次舞!”在那个舞厅里只有她一个人被 Bingley 先生问了两次，首先，他问了 Lucas 小姐，我非常不爽他和那女的站在一起， 但无论如何，他一点也不喜欢她;事实上，没有人能做到，你知道；当简走下舞会时，他似乎被她迷住了。于是他问她是谁，得到介绍后，问她接下来的两位是谁。第三次和 King 小姐跳了两场，第四次和 Maria Lucas 跳了两场，第五次和 Jane 又跳了两场，第六次和 Lizzy 跳了两场，然后是 Boulanger----

admire; creature; vexed; indeed; struck; inquired ;

“If he had had any compassion for me，”cried her husband impatiently，“he would not have danced half so much！For God's sake，say no more of his partners．O that he had sprained his ankle in the frst dance！”

“Oh！my dear，I am quite delighted with him．He is so excessively handsome！And his sisters are charming women．I never in my life saw anything more elegant than their dresses．I dare say the lace upon Mrs．Hurst's gown—”

Here she was interrupted again．Mr．Bennet protested against any description of finery．She was therefore obliged to seek another branch of the subject，and related，with much bitterness of spirit and some exaggeration，the shocking rudeness of Mr．Darcy.

“But I can assure you，”she added，“that Lizzy does not lose much by not suiting his fancy；for he is a most disagreeable，horrid man，not at all worth pleasing．So high and so conceited that there was no enduring him！He walked here，and he walked there，fancying himself so very great！Not handsome enough to dance with！I wish you had been there，my dear，to have given him one of your set-downs．I quite detest the man.”