Before they were separated by the conclusion of the play, she had the unexpected happiness of an invitation to accompany her uncle and aunt in a tour of pleasure which they proposed taking in the summer.
她们看完了戏,刚要分手的时候,舅父母又邀请她参加他们的夏季旅行,这真是一种意外的快乐。
"We have not quite determined how far it shall carry us," said Mrs. Gardiner, "but perhaps to the Lakes."
嘉丁纳太太说:“至于究竟到什么地方去,我们还没有十分决定,也许到湖区去。”
No scheme could have been more agreeable to Elizabeth, and her acceptance of the invitation was most ready and grateful. "My dear, dear aunt," she rapturously cried, "what delight! what felicity! You give me fresh life and vigour. Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What are men to rocks and mountains? Oh! what hours of transport we shall spend! And when we do return, it shall not be like other travellers, without being able to give one accurate idea of any thing. We will know where we have gone we will recollect what we have seen. Lakes, mountains, and rivers shall not be jumbled together in our imaginations; nor, when we attempt to describe any particular scene, will we begin quarrelling about its relative situation. Let our first effusions be less insupportable than those of the generality of travellers."
对伊丽莎白说来,随便什么计划也不会比这个计划更中她的意了,她毫不犹豫地接受了这个邀请,而且非常感激。“我的好舅母,亲舅母,”她欢天喜地叫了起来,“多高兴,多幸福!你给了我新的生命和活力。我再也不沮丧和忧郁了。人比起高山大石来,算得了什么?我们将要度过一些多么快乐的时日啊!等到我们回来的时候,一定不会象一般游人那样,什么都是浮光惊影。我们一定会知道到过什么地方我们看见过的东西一定会记得住。湖泊山川决不会在我们脑子里乱七八糟地混做一团;我们要谈到某一处风景的时候,决不会连位置也弄不明白,彼此争论不休。但愿我们一回来叙述起游踪浪迹的时候,不要象一般旅客那样陈腔滥调,叫人听不入耳。”