Mr. Wickham's chief object was unquestionably my sister's fortune, which is thirty thousand pounds; but I cannot help supposing that the hope of revenging himself on me was a strong inducement. His revenge would have been complete indeed.
毫无问题,韦翰先生主要是看中了我妹妹的三千磅财产,可是我也不禁想到,他也很想借这个机会大大地报复我一下。他差一点儿就报仇成了。
This, madam, is a faithful narrative of every event in which we have been concerned together; and if you do not absolutely reject it as false, you will, I hope, acquit me henceforth of cruelty towards Mr. Wickham. I know not in what manner, under what form of falsehood, he has imposed on you; but his success is not, perhaps, to be wondered at. Ignorant as you previously were of every thing concerning either, detection could not be in your power, and suspicion certainly not in your inclination. You may possibly wonder why all this was not told you last night. But I was not then master enough of myself to know what could or ought to be revealed. For the truth of every thing here related, I can appeal more particularly to the testimony of Colonel Fitzwilliam, who from our near relationship and constant intimacy, and still more as one of the executors of my father's will, has been unavoidably acquainted with every particular of these transactions. If your abhorrence of me should make my assertions valueless, you cannot be prevented by the same cause from confiding in my cousin; and that there may be the possibility of consulting him, I shall endeavour to find some opportunity of putting this letter in your hands in the course of the morning. I will only add, God bless you.
小姐,我在这里已经把所有与我们有关的事,都老老实实地谈过了;如果你并不完全认为我撒谎,那么,我希望从今以后,你再也不要认为我对韦翰先生残酷无情。我不知道他是用什么样的胡说,什么样的手段来欺骗你的;不过,你以前对于我们的事情一无所知,那么他骗取了你的信任,也许不足为奇。你既无从探听,又不喜欢怀疑。你也许不明白为什么我昨天晚上不把这一切当面告诉你。可是当时我自己也捉摸不住自己,不知道哪些话可以讲,哪些话应该讲。这封信中所说的一切,是真是假,我可以特别请你问问费茨威廉上校,他是我们的近亲,又是我们的至交,而且是先父遗嘱执行人之一,他对于其中的一切详情自然都十分清楚,他可以来作证明。假使说,你因为厌恶我,竟把我的话看得一文不值,你不妨把你的意见说给我的表弟听;我所以要想尽办法找机会把这封信一大早就交到你手里,就是为了让你可以去和他商量一下。我要说的话都说完了,愿上帝祝福你。
FITZWILLIAM DARCY."
费茨威廉·达西