Pride and Prejudice · chapter 19 of 25
The Search
找人
Home in disgrace: Mrs. Bennet takes to her bed, Lydia's note makes everything worse, Mr. Bennet comes back alone, and at last a letter arrives from London.
Read what you hear
- Jane Bennet 丽兹，你们回来了！爸爸还在伦敦。妈妈太着急了，一直在床上。
Lìzī, nǐmen huílai le! Bàba hái zài Lúndūn. Māma tài zháojí le, yìzhí zài chuáng shang.
Lizzy, you're home! Papa is still in London. Mama is so upset she hasn't left her bed.
- Mrs. Bennet 我的头疼死了！可是谁都不关心我！
Wǒ de tóuténg sǐ le! Kěshì shéi dōu bù guānxīn wǒ!
My head is killing me! And nobody cares about me!
- Mrs. Bennet 要是我们全家都去了布莱顿，这么丢脸的事就不会发生！
Yàoshi wǒmen quán jiā dōu qù le Bùláidùn, zhème diūliǎn de shì jiù bú huì fāshēng!
If we had all gone to Brighton, this disgrace would never have happened!
Chapter 19 is part of SayMei Stories ($2.99 a month) and SayMei Premium. Part 1 of Pride and Prejudice (chapters 1–5) is free, and The Second Cup of Tea, The Great Race: The Twelve Animals, The Kitchen God, Little Red Riding Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Chang'e and the Moon, Alice in Wonderland and The Hound of the Baskervilles are free from start to finish.
- Mrs. Bennet 贝内特先生会跟威克姆打起来的！他要是死了，柯林斯马上就会把我们赶出去！
Bèinèitè xiānsheng huì gēn Wēikèmǔ dǎ qǐlai de! Tā yàoshi sǐ le, Kēlínsī mǎshàng jiù huì bǎ wǒmen gǎn chūqu!
Mr. Bennet will fight Wickham! And if he's killed, Collins will turn us out at once!
- Mary Bennet 这件事告诉我们：女孩子的好名声没有了，就永远没有了。
Zhè jiàn shì gàosu wǒmen: nǚháizi de hǎo míngshēng méiyǒu le, jiù yǒngyuǎn méiyǒu le.
This teaches us that a girl's good name, once lost, is lost forever.
- Jane Bennet 丽兹，这是莉迪亚私奔以前，留给她朋友的信。
Lìzī, zhè shì Lìdíyà sībēn yǐqián, liú gěi tā péngyou de xìn.
Lizzy, this is the note Lydia left for her friend before she ran off.
- Lydia Bennet 亲爱的朋友：明天大家发现我走了，你一定会笑死！
Qīn'ài de péngyou: míngtiān dàjiā fāxiàn wǒ zǒu le, nǐ yídìng huì xiào sǐ!
My dear friend, when everyone finds I've gone tomorrow, you'll die laughing!
- Lydia Bennet 我跟我最爱的人走了，你想想就知道是谁！
Wǒ gēn wǒ zuì ài de rén zǒu le, nǐ xiǎngxiang jiù zhīdào shì shéi!
I've gone off with the man I love best, and you can guess who!
- Lydia Bennet 以后给你写信，我就写“威克姆太太”。太好玩了！
Yǐhòu gěi nǐ xiě xìn, wǒ jiù xiě “Wēikèmǔ tàitai”. Tài hǎowán le!
When I write to you next, I'll sign it “Mrs. Wickham”. What fun!
- Elizabeth Bennet 傻莉迪亚！都这种时候了，她还觉得好玩！
Shǎ Lìdíyà! Dōu zhè zhǒng shíhou le, tā hái juéde hǎowán!
Silly Lydia! At a time like this, she thinks it's fun!
- Narrator 舅舅也去了伦敦，帮贝内特先生找人。
Jiùjiu yě qù le Lúndūn, bāng Bèinèitè xiānsheng zhǎo rén.
Her uncle went to London too, to help Mr. Bennet search.
- Jane Bennet 布莱顿那边写信说，威克姆先生欠了很多人的钱。
Bùláidùn nàbiān xiě xìn shuō, Wēikèmǔ xiānsheng qiàn le hěn duō rén de qián.
A letter from Brighton says Mr. Wickham owes money to a great many people.
- Jane Bennet 还有……柯林斯先生也来了信。
Hái yǒu… Kēlínsī xiānsheng yě lái le xìn.
And… there's a letter from Mr. Collins too.
- Mr. Collins 亲爱的先生：发生了这样的事，还不如莉迪亚死了好。
Qīn'ài de xiānsheng: fāshēng le zhèyàng de shì, hái bùrú Lìdíyà sǐ le hǎo.
My dear sir, after such a thing, it would have been better if Lydia had died.
- Mr. Collins 凯瑟琳夫人说，以后谁还会娶你们家的女儿呢？
Kǎisèlín fūrén shuō, yǐhòu shéi hái huì qǔ nǐmen jiā de nǚ'ér ne?
As Lady Catherine says, who will ever marry your daughters now?
- Elizabeth Bennet 牧师怎么能说这样的话！
Mùshi zěnme néng shuō zhèyàng de huà!
How can a clergyman say such a thing!
- Narrator 过了几天，贝内特先生一个人回来了。
Guò le jǐ tiān, Bèinèitè xiānsheng yí gè rén huílai le.
A few days later, Mr. Bennet came home alone.
- Elizabeth Bennet 爸爸，别太难过了。
Bàba, bié tài nánguò le.
Papa, don't take it so hard.
- Mr. Bennet 不，丽兹。这是我自己的错。五月的时候，你就说过了。
Bù, Lìzī. Zhè shì wǒ zìjǐ de cuò. Wǔyuè de shíhou, nǐ jiù shuō guo le.
No, Lizzy. This is my own doing. You warned me back in May.
- Mr. Bennet 就让我这一次好好后悔吧。别担心，很快就会过去的。
Jiù ràng wǒ zhè yí cì hǎohǎo hòuhuǐ ba. Bié dānxīn, hěn kuài jiù huì guòqu de.
Just this once, let me feel properly sorry. Don't worry, it will pass soon enough.
- Kitty Bennet 要是我去布莱顿，我一定比莉迪亚好！
Yàoshi wǒ qù Bùláidùn, wǒ yídìng bǐ Lìdíyà hǎo!
If I went to Brighton, I'd behave much better than Lydia!
- Mr. Bennet 你？去布莱顿？以后，军官不能再进我们家的门！
Nǐ? Qù Bùláidùn? Yǐhòu, jūnguān bù néng zài jìn wǒmen jiā de mén!
You? Go to Brighton? From now on, no officer sets foot in this house!
- Mr. Bennet 要是你做十年好孩子，十年以后，我带你去看军官们。
Yàoshi nǐ zuò shí nián hǎo háizi, shí nián yǐhòu, wǒ dài nǐ qù kàn jūnguānmen.
If you're a good girl for ten years, at the end of them I'll take you to see the officers.
- Kitty Bennet 十年？！
Shí nián?!
Ten years?!
- Narrator 两天以后，舅舅从伦敦写信来了。
Liǎng tiān yǐhòu, jiùjiu cóng Lúndūn xiě xìn lái le.
Two days later, a letter came from her uncle in London.
- Mr. Bennet “找到他们了。他们还没有结婚，不过会结婚的。”
“Zhǎodào tāmen le. Tāmen hái méiyǒu jiéhūn, búguò huì jiéhūn de.”
“I have found them. They are not married yet, but they will be.”
- Mr. Bennet “你只要答应：以后留给女儿们的钱，有她一份，每年再给她一百镑。”
“Nǐ zhǐyào dāying: yǐhòu liú gěi nǚ'érmen de qián, yǒu tā yí fèn, měi nián zài gěi tā yìbǎi bàng.”
“You need only agree that she has her share of what you leave your daughters, and a hundred pounds a year besides.”
- Jane Bennet 他们要结婚了！太好了！
Tāmen yào jiéhūn le! Tài hǎo le!
They're going to be married! Thank goodness!
- Elizabeth Bennet 可是，威克姆怎么会愿意娶莉迪亚？
Kěshì, Wēikèmǔ zěnme huì yuànyì qǔ Lìdíyà?
But why would Wickham ever agree to marry Lydia?
- Mr. Bennet 问得好。威克姆不傻。不到一万镑，他是不会娶她的。
Wèn de hǎo. Wēikèmǔ bù shǎ. Bú dào yíwàn bàng, tā shì bú huì qǔ tā de.
Good question. Wickham's no fool. He'd never marry her for less than ten thousand pounds.
- Mr. Bennet 你们的舅舅一定花了很多钱……我到底欠他多少？这些钱，我要怎么还给他？
Nǐmen de jiùjiu yídìng huā le hěn duō qián… wǒ dàodǐ qiàn tā duōshao? Zhèxiē qián, wǒ yào zěnme huán gěi tā?
Your uncle must have paid a great deal… How much do I owe him? And how am I ever to pay him back?
Hear the chapter
What changed in the story?
- What does Mrs. Bennet say would have stopped it?
“要是我们全家都去了布莱顿，这么丢脸的事就不会发生！”
- How does Lydia say she will sign her letters?
“威克姆太太”
- What does Mr. Bennet say when Elizabeth tries to comfort him?
“这是我自己的错。五月的时候，你就说过了。”
- What does the uncle's letter say?
“找到他们了。他们还没有结婚，不过会结婚的。”
- Why is Mr. Bennet sure the uncle has paid a great deal?
“不到一万镑，他是不会娶她的。”