l am perfectly happy to oblige.

我很樂意為你效勞

Please advise me of what you would like most to hear.

請告知我你最想聽到的是什麼。

That reply will do for present.

目前，這個回答就可以了。

Perhaps by and by, l may observe that private balls...

也許，我可以觀察到私人舞會... ...

are much pleasanter than public ones.

是比公共的更愉悅的。

For now we may remain silent.

現在我們可以保持沉默。

Do you talk, as a rule, while dancing?

你跳舞時通常會說話嗎？

No.

不知道

No, l prefer to be unsociable and taciturn.

不，我更喜歡不善交際，沉默寡言。

Makes it all so much more enjoyable, don't you think?

讓這一切變得更有趣，你不覺得嗎？

Tell me, do you and your sisters very often walk to Meryton?

告訴我，你和你的姐妹們經常步行去梅里頓嗎？

Yes, we often walk to Meryton.

是的，我們經常步行去梅里頓。

lt's a great opportunity to meet new people.

這是個認識新朋友的好機會。

ln fact, when you met us, we'd just had the pleasure...

事實上，當你遇到我們時，我們剛剛有幸... ...

of forming a new acquaintance.

形成一個新的認識。

Mr. Wickham is blessed with such happy manners...

Wickham先生有如此快樂的舉止... ...

he is sure of making friends.

他是肯定要交朋友的。

Whether he's capable of retaining them is less certain.

他是否有能力留住他們就不太確定了。

He's been so unfortunate as to lose your friendship.

他'已經很不幸地失去了你的友誼。

And l daresay that is an irreversible event?

我敢說這是一個不可逆轉的事件？

lt is. Why do you ask such a question?

是的你為什麼要問這樣的問題？

To make out your character, Mr. Darcy.

為了瞭解你的性格，達西先生。

And what have you discovered? Very little.

你發現了什麼？很少

l hear such different accounts of you as puzzle me exceedingly.

我聽到的關於你的不同描述讓我非常困惑。

l hope to afford you more clarity in the future.

我希望將來能給你更多的啟示。

[music stops]

[音樂停止]

[people chattering]

[人們喋喋不休]

ls that Mr. Darcy of Pemberley in Derbyshire?

那是德貝郡彭伯裡的達西先生嗎？