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"Had you any idea of his coming so soon?" said Mrs. Dashwood. "I had none. On the contrary, if I have felt any anxiety at all on the subject, it has been in recollecting that he sometimes showed a want of pleasure and readiness in accepting my invitation, when I talked of his coming to Barton. Does Elinor expect him already?"

“你认为他会来得这么快？”达什伍德太太说。“我并不这么想。正相反，加果说我对这件事有点担忧的话，那就是我记得当初邀请他来巴顿作客时，他有时接受得不够痛快。埃丽诺是不是已经在盼他来了？”

"I have never mentioned it to her, but of course she must. "

“我从没和她提起这件事。不过，她当然在盼。”

"I rather think you are mistaken, for when I was talking to her yesterday of getting a new grate for the spare bedchamber, she observed that there was no immediate hurry for it, as it was not likely that the room would be wanted for some time. "

“我倒是认为你想错了。昨天我和她说起：想给那间空卧室安个炉子，她说现在不急，那间屋子可能一时还用不着。”

"How strange this is! what can be the meaning of it! But the whole of their behaviour to each other has been unaccountable! How cold, how composed were their last adieus! How languid their conversation the last evening of their being together! In Edward's farewell there was no distinction between Elinor and me: it was the good wishes of an affectionate brother to both. Twice did I leave them purposely together in the course of the last morning, and each time did he most unaccountably follow me out of the room. And Elinor, in quitting Norland and Edward, cried not as I did. Even now her self-command is invariable. When is she dejected or melancholy? When does she try to avoid society, or appear restless and dissatisfied in it?"
　　
“这就怪啦！这是什么意思呢？不过，他们两人之间的态度也真叫人不可思议！他们最后告别的时候有多么冷淡，多么镇静啊！他们最后聚会的那天晚上，说起话来多么无精打采啊！爱德华道别时，对埃丽诺和我不加区别，都像亲兄长似地祝愿一声。最后一天早晨，我有两次故意把他们两人抛在屋里，可是不知道怎么搞的，他两次都跟着我走了出来。而埃丽诺在离别诺兰庄园和爱德华时，还不及我哭得厉害。直到如今，她还一个劲地克制自己。她什么时候沮丧过？什么时候忧伤过？她什么时候想回避跟别人交往？在交往中，她什么时候显出烦躁不安过？”
　　
词汇释义

1.readiness['redinis] n. 准备就绪，预备，敏捷

She shows great readiness to learn.
她表现出强烈的学习愿望。

2.bedchamber n. 卧房，卧室，寝室

3.unaccountable adj. 无法解释的，不能理解的，不负责任的

4.adieu n. 告别，辞别 int. 再见，再会

I now bid you a welcome adieu.
我且向你说声该欢迎的再会。

5.languid adj. 不活泼的，无精打采的，迟缓的

He speaks with a languid drawl.
他慢吞吞拉着长调说话。