Departures and arrivals
离别与到来
The next morning, Mrs Dashwood, with two of her daughters, went to visit Lady Middleton.
第二天早上，达什伍德太太带着两个女儿去拜访米德尔顿夫人。
Marianne wished to remain at home, and her mother, thinking that no doubt Willoughby had promised to call on her while she was alone, was quite happy to agree.
玛丽安想留在家里，她母亲心想威洛比肯定答应过趁她独处时来看她，便很乐意同意了。
When they returned from the Park, they found, as expected, Willoughby’s carriage waiting outside the cottage.
当她们从庄园回来时，不出所料地发现威洛比的马车正停在乡舍外等候。
But what they did not expect, as they entered the house, was to see Marianne rush out of the sitting-room, sobbing uncontrollably, and run upstairs.
但令她们意想不到的是，一进屋就看见玛丽安从起居室冲出来，无法抑制地抽泣着跑上楼去。
Surprised and worried, they went into the room, where they found only Willoughby.
她们又惊又忧地走进房间，发现里面只有威洛比一个人。
His face showed signs of the same strong feelings that had moved Marianne.
他的脸上流露出与玛丽安同样强烈的情绪波动。
‘Is Marianne ill?’ cried Mrs Dashwood.
“玛丽安病了吗？”达什伍德太太叫道。
‘I hope not,’ he replied, trying to look cheerful.
“希望没有，”他回答道，试图装出高兴的样子。
‘Indeed, it is I who may expect to be ill, as I am now suffering under a very heavy disappointment.
“倒是我恐怕要生病了，因为我此刻正承受着沉重的失望。”
I am unable to visit you any longer.
我不能再来看望你们了。
My cousin, Mrs Smith, has this morning decided to send me to London on business.
我的表亲史密斯太太今早决定派我去伦敦办事。
As a poor dependent relation, I must do what she asks.
作为一个贫穷且依附于人的亲戚，我必须听从她的安排。
I have already left Allenham, and now I have come to say goodbye to you.’
我已经离开了艾伦汉姆庄园，现在特地来向你们告别。”
‘This is very unfortunate. But Mrs Smith’s business will not keep you from us for very long, I hope.’
“这真是太不幸了。但我希望史密斯太太的事务不会让你离开我们太久。”
He reddened as he replied, ‘You are very kind, but I have no hope of returning to Devonshire immediately. My visits to Mrs Smith are never repeated within the year.’
他红着脸回答：“您真是太好了，但我恐怕短期内无望回到德文郡。我在一年内从不会再次拜访史密斯太太。”
‘And is Mrs Smith your only friend? Is Allenham the only house where you are welcome? My dear Willoughby! Surely you do not need to wait for an invitation to Barton Cottage?’
“难道史密斯太太是你唯一的朋友吗？难道只有艾伦汉姆才欢迎你吗？亲爱的威洛比！你来巴顿乡舍难道还需要等邀请函吗？”
His colour deepened, and, with his eyes fixed on the ground, he only replied, ‘You are too good.’
他的脸更红了，双眼盯着地面，只回了一句：“您太好了。”
Mrs Dashwood looked at Elinor with surprise, and Elinor felt just as astonished.
达什伍德太太惊讶地看着埃莉诺，埃莉诺也同样感到震惊。
After a moment’s silence, Willoughby added confusedly, ‘At present—my—my time is not my own… I cannot hope…’ He stopped.
沉默片刻后，威洛比慌乱地补充道：“目前——我的——我的时间不由我自己支配……我无法指望……”他停住了。
Then, smiling weakly, he said, ‘It is foolish to go on in this manner. I will not punish myself any longer by remaining among friends whose society it is impossible for me now to enjoy.’
然后，他勉强笑了笑说：“再这样下去太愚蠢了。既然我现在已无法享受朋友们的陪伴，我就不再用留在这里来惩罚自己了。”
Hurriedly he said goodbye and left the house. His carriage was soon out of sight.
他匆匆道别离开了屋子，马车很快便消失在视线中。
Mrs Dashwood’s concern and alarm at his sudden departure were too great for her to express.
对于他突然离去，达什伍德太太的担忧和惊恐简直难以言表。
Elinor also felt extremely disturbed by Willoughby’s changed behaviour.
埃莉诺也对威洛比态度的转变感到极度不安。
One moment she feared that he had never had any serious intention of marrying Marianne, and the next, that some unfortunate argument had taken place between him and her sister.
一会儿她担心他从未真心打算娶玛丽安，一会儿又猜测他和妹妹之间发生了不幸的争吵。
But her strongest feeling was one of pity for Marianne, who must now be in the depths of the most violent sorrow; and her romantic nature would consider it a duty to feed and encourage her misery.
但她最强烈的感受是对玛丽安的怜悯，妹妹此刻必定陷入了极度的悲痛之中；而以玛丽安浪漫的天性，她会把沉溺并助长这种痛苦视为一种责任。
Soon Mrs Dashwood felt able to discuss the situation with her eldest daughter.
不久，达什伍德太太觉得可以和大女儿谈谈这件事了。
She was now more cheerful, and had persuaded herself that Willoughby was only leaving Devonshire on the orders of his rich relation, because Mrs Smith suspected, and disapproved of, his engagement to Marianne.
她现在乐观了些，说服自己相信威洛比离开德文郡只是奉了那位富有的亲戚之命，因为史密斯太太怀疑且不赞成他与玛丽安的婚约。
‘His dearest wish,’ she went on, ‘will be to return to Barton as soon as he can.’
“他最大的愿望，”她继续说道，“一定是尽快回到巴顿。”
Elinor, listening patiently, agreed that this was quite possible.
埃莉诺耐心地听着，承认这很有可能。
‘But if they are engaged,’ she said, ‘although it may be necessary to hide the truth from Mrs Smith, there is no reason to hide it from us.’
“但如果他们真的订了婚，”她说，“虽然有必要对史密斯太太隐瞒真相，却没有理由瞒着我们。”
‘My dear child!’ cried her mother.
“我亲爱的孩子！”她母亲叫道。
‘It is strange for you to accuse Willoughby and Marianne of hiding their feelings, when you have accused them of showing their feelings too openly.’
“你曾指责威洛比和玛丽安感情流露得太直白，现在反倒责怪他们隐瞒感情，这真奇怪。”
‘I want no proof of their affection,’ said Elinor, ‘but of their engagement I do.’
“我不需要他们相爱的证据，”埃莉诺说，“但我确实需要他们订婚的证据。”
‘I am perfectly happy with both. Has not his behaviour to Marianne, for at least the last fortnight, shown that he loved her and considered her his future wife? Is it possible, Elinor, to doubt their engagement? Willoughby must be aware of your sister’s love for him. How could he leave her, perhaps for months, without telling her of his affection?’
“我对这两点都深信不疑。至少在过去两周里，他对玛丽安的表现难道不足以证明他爱她并视她为未来的妻子吗？埃莉诺，你怎么可能怀疑他们的婚约呢？威洛比一定知道你妹妹对他的爱意，他怎么能也许几个月都不告诉她他的深情就离开她呢？”
‘I confess,’ said Elinor, ‘that everything points towards their engagement, except for one thing—their silence on the subject—and for me that is the greatest difficulty of all.’
“我承认，”埃莉诺说，“一切都指向他们已订婚，除了一点——他们对此事保持沉默——而对我来说，这才是最大的疑点。”
‘Oh Elinor, I do not understand you! You prefer to believe in bad rather than good. Do you suspect Willoughby? But is he not a man of honour and feeling? You cannot really think he is deceiving Marianne?’
“噢，埃莉诺，我真不懂你！你宁愿往坏处想也不愿往好处想。你怀疑威洛比吗？可他难道不是一个重名誉、有感情的人吗？你真的认为他在欺骗玛丽安？”
‘I hope not, I believe not,’ cried Elinor.
“我希望不是，我也相信不是，”埃莉诺喊道。
‘I sincerely love Willoughby, and I find it painful to suspect his intentions. Perhaps, indeed, you are right, and there is a simple explanation for his strange behaviour this morning.’
“我真心喜欢威洛比，怀疑他的动机让我很痛苦。也许你说得对，他今早的反常行为确实有个简单的解释。”
They saw nothing of Marianne until dinner, when she took her place at the table without saying a word.
直到晚饭时她们才见到玛丽安，她一言不发地在餐桌旁坐下。
Her eyes were red and her face pale; she avoided looking at anyone, and could neither eat nor speak.
她双眼红肿，面色苍白，避免看任何人，既吃不下饭也说不出话。
She continued in the depths of misery all evening.
整个晚上她都沉浸在深深的痛苦中。
Any mention of anything to do with Willoughby made her burst into tears instantly, and although her family were most anxious for her comfort, it was impossible for them to keep clear of every subject which her feelings connected with him.
只要提到任何与威洛比有关的事，她就会立刻泪流满面；尽管家人极力想让她宽心，却不可能避开所有能让她联想到他的话题。
Marianne would have thought herself very insensitive if she had been able to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughby.
如果在与威洛比分手的第一个晚上还能睡得着，玛丽安会觉得自己太麻木不仁了。
She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face, if she had not risen from her bed more in need of rest than when she lay down on it.
如果起床时不像躺下时那样更需要休息，她会羞于面对家人。
But there was no danger of this happening.
不过这种情况绝不会发生。
She spent most of the night sobbing bitterly, and got up with a headache.
她大半夜都在痛哭，起床时头痛欲裂。
She passed the rest of the day, and several more days after that, in feeding her sorrow, by playing all Willoughby’s favourite songs, by reading the books they used to read together, and by walking alone on the hills where they used to walk, until her heart was so heavy that no further sadness could be added.
在接下来的那天以及之后的几天里，她通过弹奏威洛比喜爱的歌曲、阅读他们曾共读的书籍、独自在他们曾漫步的山丘上行走，来滋养自己的悲伤，直到心情沉重得再也容不下一丝哀愁。
No letter from Willoughby came, and none seemed expected by Marianne.
威洛比没有来信，玛丽安似乎也没指望收到信。
Her mother was surprised, and Elinor again began to worry.
她母亲感到惊讶，埃莉诺则又开始担忧起来。
One morning, about a week later, Elinor persuaded Marianne to join her sisters in a walk.
大约一周后的一个早晨，埃莉诺劝服玛丽安和姐妹们一起去散步。
As they went along the road away from the cottage, they saw a gentleman riding towards them, and at once Marianne cried out in delight, ‘It is he! I know it is!’
当她们沿着远离乡舍的道路前行时，看见一位绅士骑马迎面而来，玛丽安立刻欣喜地叫道：“是他！我知道一定是他！”
She ran eagerly to meet him, but Elinor called out, ‘Marianne, I think you are wrong. It is not Willoughby.’
她急切地跑上前去迎接，但埃莉诺喊道：“玛丽安，我想你认错人了，那不是威洛比。”
But Marianne would not listen, and continued running until she was quite near the rider, when she stopped suddenly.
但玛丽安不听，继续往前跑，直到离骑马人很近时才突然停下。
She had realized it was not Willoughby, and her disappointment was almost too great to bear.
她意识到那不是威洛比，失望之情几乎令她难以承受。
Just then, the gentleman called to her, and she recognized Edward Ferrars.
就在这时，那位绅士叫了她一声，她认出那是爱德华·费拉斯。
He was the only person in the world who could at that moment be forgiven for not being Willoughby, and she smiled at him, holding back her tears.
在那一刻，他是世上唯一一个能被原谅不是威洛比的人，她忍住泪水对他微笑。
After the greetings, however, she watched with growing surprise his polite and distant behaviour to Elinor, which was very unlike a lover’s.
然而寒暄过后，她越来越惊讶地发现他对埃莉诺礼貌而疏远，完全不像个恋人。
And when she heard that he had already been in Devonshire for a fortnight, without coming to see Elinor, she almost began to feel dislike for him.
当得知他已在德文郡待了两周却没来看埃莉诺时，她几乎开始讨厌他了。
‘Have you been to Sussex recently?’ asked Elinor.
“你最近去过萨塞克斯吗？”埃莉诺问。
‘I was at Norland about a month ago,’ replied Edward.
“大约一个月前我在诺兰庄园，”爱德华回答。
‘How does dear, dear Norland look?’ cried Marianne.
“亲爱的诺兰现在怎么样了？”玛丽安叫道。
‘Dear, dear Norland,’ said Elinor, ‘probably looks much the same as it usually does at this time of year—the woods and walks thickly covered with dead leaves.’
“亲爱的诺兰，”埃莉诺说，“大概和往年这个时候差不多——树林和小径上铺满了厚厚的落叶。”
‘Oh!’ cried Marianne, ‘those falling leaves gave me such delight! How I used to love seeing them driven around me by the wind! Now there is no one to watch them, no one to care.’
“噢！”玛丽安感叹道，“那些飘落的叶子曾给我带来多少欢乐！我曾多么喜爱看它们在风中围绕着我飞舞！如今却无人欣赏，无人在意了。”
‘It is not everyone,’ said Elinor, ‘who has your passion for dead leaves.’
“并不是每个人都像你对枯叶这般狂热，”埃莉诺说。
They all returned to the cottage together, where Edward received the kindest possible welcome from Mrs Dashwood.
大家一起回到乡舍，爱德华受到了达什伍德太太最热情的欢迎。
Under her warm influence he began to lose his shyness, or coldness, and to become more like himself, but he still did not seem cheerful. This was noticed by the whole family.
在她温暖的影响下，他开始摆脱羞怯或冷漠，变得更像平时的自己，但他看起来仍然不太开心，全家都注意到了这一点。
‘Well, Edward,’ said Mrs Dashwood, after dinner, ‘what are your mother’s plans for you at present? Does Mrs Ferrars still want you to be a politician?’
“那么，爱德华，”晚饭后达什伍德太太问道，“你母亲现在对你有什么打算？费拉斯太太还想让你从政吗？”
‘No, I hope my mother realizes I can never do that. I am afraid she and I will never agree in our choice of a profession for me. As you know, I did not enjoy studying law. I have always preferred the Church, but that is too ordinary for my family.’
“不，我希望母亲明白我永远做不了那个。恐怕在职业选择上我和她永远无法达成一致。你知道，我不喜欢学法律。我一直更喜欢神职，但这对我家来说太普通了。”
‘So how are you to become famous? Because that is what all your family wants, I understand.’
“那你打算怎么出名呢？据我所知，这可是你全家的期望。”
‘I shall not attempt it. I have no wish to be grand or important, and I have every reason to hope I never shall be.’
“我不会去尝试的。我不想显赫或重要，而且我有充分的理由希望永远不会那样。”
‘I know you are not ambitious, Edward.’
“我知道你没有野心，爱德华。”
‘No. I wish, like everybody else, to be perfectly happy, but in my own way. Greatness will not make me happy.’
“是的。我和所有人一样渴望幸福，但要用我自己的方式。伟大并不能使我幸福。”
‘How right you are!’ cried Marianne. ‘What has wealth or greatness to do with happiness?’
“你说得太对了！”玛丽安叫道，“财富或伟大跟幸福有什么关系？”
‘Greatness has very little,’ said Elinor, ‘but wealth has much to do with it.’
“伟大关系不大，”埃莉诺说，“但财富与幸福息息相关。”
‘Elinor!’ cried Marianne, shocked. ‘Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it. Beyond answering our basic needs, money is of no use to us at all.’
“埃莉诺！”玛丽安震惊地叫道，“只有在别无他物能带来幸福时，金钱才能给予幸福。除了满足基本需求，钱对我们毫无用处。”
‘Perhaps,’ said Elinor, smiling, ‘we may agree in the end. Your basic needs and my wealth are very much alike, I expect. Come, what is your basic figure?’
“也许，”埃莉诺笑着说，“我们最终能达成一致。我猜你的基本需求和我的财富标准差不多。说吧，你的基本数目是多少？”
‘Two thousand a year, not more than that.’
“每年两千镑，不能再多了。”
Elinor laughed. ‘Two thousand a year! One is my wealth! I guessed what you would say.’
埃莉诺笑了。“每年两千镑！一千镑才是我的财富！我就猜到你会这么说。”
‘And yet two thousand a year is not a large income. A family cannot live on less. The right number of servants, a carriage, and horses for riding, cannot be paid for with less than that.’
“然而每年两千镑并不算高收入。少于这个数无法维持一个家庭。适量的仆人、马车和骑乘用的马，少了这笔钱可养不起。”
Elinor smiled again, to hear her sister describing so accurately her future life with Willoughby.
听到妹妹如此精准地描述她与威洛比的未来生活，埃莉诺又笑了。
During Edward’s visit, Elinor was careful to behave to him with her usual politeness and interest, but in her heart she was alarmed by his coldness towards her.
爱德华来访期间，埃莉诺小心翼翼地像往常一样对他礼貌关切，但内心却因他的冷淡而感到惊慌。
It was clear that he was unhappy, and she doubted very much whether he still loved her.
很明显他不快乐，她非常怀疑他是否还爱着她。
She could see, however, that his feelings were confused; sometimes, for a moment, he looked at her as he used to, and this gave her hope again.
不过她能看出他的感情很矛盾；有时他会像从前那样看她一眼，这又给了她希望。
The next day, as Marianne was passing some tea to Edward, she noticed a ring on his finger, and mentioned it.
第二天，玛丽安给爱德华递茶时注意到他手指上的戒指，便提了起来。
‘I never saw you wear a ring before, Edward,’ she cried. ‘Is that your sister’s hair in the ring? But surely hers is darker?’
“我以前从没见你戴过戒指，爱德华，”她叫道，“戒指里是你姐姐的头发吗？可她的头发颜色应该更深些吧？”
Edward blushed deeply, and looking quickly at Elinor, said, ‘Yes, it is Fanny’s hair. It looks lighter than it really is.’
爱德华脸涨得通红，迅速看了埃莉诺一眼，说：“是的，是范妮的头发。它看起来比实际颜色浅。”
Elinor had met his eye, and knew the truth. She felt sure that the hair was her own, but it must have been taken from her without her knowing.
埃莉诺与他目光相遇，明白了真相。她确信那是她自己的头发，一定是他在她不知情的情况下拿走的。
She was not in the mood, however, to disapprove of this action, and changed the subject quickly.
不过她此刻无意责备这种行为，便迅速转移了话题。
The Dashwoods were sorry to hear that Edward had to leave them after only a week.
听说爱德华仅待了一周就要离开，达什伍德一家都很遗憾。
Although he expressed his great pleasure at seeing such old friends, and could give no good reason for his departure, there seemed to be something forcing him to leave.
尽管他表示见到老朋友非常高兴，也给不出离开的正当理由，但似乎有什么事迫使他不得不走。
Elinor blamed his mother for his rather odd behaviour. His lack of cheerfulness could easily be explained by his lack of independence.
埃莉诺把他反常的行为归咎于他的母亲。他不开心很容易用缺乏独立性来解释。
She wondered when, if ever, his mother would finally drop all her ambitions for him, and allow him to make his own choices in life.
她想知道他母亲究竟何时才会放弃对他的所有野心，让他自主选择人生。
A more comforting thought was the memory of his pleasant looks and words to her during his visit, and above all, the proof of his affection that he wore round his finger.
更令人宽慰的是回忆起他来访时对她愉快的神情和话语，尤其是他指间佩戴的那份爱的信物。
In spite of the painfulness of Edward’s departure, Elinor was determined to hide her feelings, and show a brave face to the world.
尽管爱德华的离去令人痛苦，埃莉诺仍决心隐藏情感，在人前表现出坚强。
Doing this did not lessen her sadness, but at least prevented her family from worrying about her.
这样做并未减轻她的悲伤，但至少让家人不必为她担心。
Marianne could not admire such behaviour, so unlike her own; she believed that self-control was easy for calm natures like Elinor’s, and simply impossible for passionate ones like hers.
玛丽安无法赞赏这种与她截然不同的行为；她认为自制对埃莉诺这样冷静的性格很容易，但对像她这样热情的人来说根本不可能。
One morning soon after Edward had left, Sir John and Lady Middleton and Mrs Jennings came to visit the Dashwoods, bringing with them Mr and Mrs Palmer.
爱德华离开后不久的一个早晨，约翰爵士、米德尔顿夫人和詹宁斯太太来拜访达什伍德一家，还带来了帕尔默夫妇。
Charlotte Palmer was Mrs Jennings’ younger daughter, but was completely unlike her sister, Lady Middleton, in every way.
夏洛特·帕尔默是詹宁斯太太的小女儿，但在各方面都与她的姐姐米德尔顿夫人完全不同。
She was short and rather fat, had a very pretty face, and smiled or laughed all the time.
她个子不高，有些胖，脸蛋很漂亮，总是面带微笑或开怀大笑。
Her husband was a serious-looking young man, who made no effort to please or be pleased.
她的丈夫是个神情严肃的年轻人，既不刻意取悦别人，也不轻易感到愉悦。
He read the newspaper for most of the visit, only lifting his head from time to time to give a cross, unsmiling answer to his wife’s foolish questions.
他在拜访期间大部分时间都在看报纸，只是偶尔抬起头，对妻子愚蠢的问题给出不耐烦且面无表情的回答。
She, however, took an immediate liking to Elinor and Marianne, and spent much time in conversation with Elinor in particular.
然而她却立刻喜欢上了埃莉诺和玛丽安，尤其花了很多时间与埃莉诺交谈。
When Elinor realized that their home was in Somerset, near Willoughby’s, she hoped to hear more about his character, so she asked Mrs Palmer if they knew him.
当埃莉诺得知他们的家在萨默塞特郡、离威洛比家很近时，希望能多了解一些他的人品，便问帕尔默太太是否认识他。
‘Oh yes, I know him extremely well,’ replied Mrs Palmer. ‘Not that I ever spoke to him, indeed, but I have often seen him in town. Everybody likes and admires him. I know very well why you ask. I am delighted that your sister is to marry him!’
“哦，是的，我非常了解他，”帕尔默太太回答，“其实我没跟他说过话，但在城里经常见到他。大家都喜欢并钦佩他。我很清楚你为什么问这个。你妹妹要嫁给他，我真为她高兴！”
‘You know much more of the matter than I do,’ said Elinor, surprised, ‘if you have any reason to expect that.’
“如果你有什么依据这么期待的话，那你对这件事的了解可比我多多了，”埃莉诺惊讶地说。
‘Don’t pretend it’s not true, because you know it’s what everybody in London is talking of.’
“别装作没这回事，你知道伦敦人人都在谈论这个。”
‘My dear Mrs Palmer!’
“亲爱的帕尔默太太！”
‘On my honour, they all talk of it. I met Colonel Brandon on Bond Street, and he told me of it immediately.’
“我发誓，大家都在说。我在邦德街遇到了布兰登上校，他立刻就告诉我了。”
‘You surprise me very much. I would not expect Colonel Brandon to give such information, even if it were true.’
“你真让我吃惊。即使这是真的，我也没想到布兰登上校会透露这种消息。”
‘Well, when I met him, I said, “Colonel, I hear there is a new family at Barton Cottage, and mama says the girls are very pretty, and that one of them is engaged to Mr Willoughby. Is it true?” And he said nothing, but from his expression I knew it was certain. Of course, I have known Coloner Brandon a long time. I believe,’ she added in a low voice, ‘he would have been very glad to marry me if he could. But mama did not think him a good enough husband for me. In any case, I am much happier as I am. Mr Palmer is just the kind of man I like.’
“嗯，我遇到他时说：‘上校，我听说巴顿乡舍搬来了一户新人家，妈妈说姑娘们都很漂亮，其中一位还和威洛比先生订婚了。是真的吗？’他什么也没说，但从他的表情我就知道确有其事。当然，我认识布兰登上校很久了。我相信，”她压低声音补充道，“如果可以的话，他本来会很乐意娶我的。但妈妈觉得他配不上我。无论如何，我现在过得更幸福。帕尔默先生正是我喜欢的那种男人。”
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