"My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "ha胤ve you heard that
Netherfield Park is let at last?"
有一天，班纳特太太对她的丈夫说：“我的好老胤爷，尼日斐花园终于租出去了，你听说过没有？”
Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
班纳特先生回答道，他没有听说过。
"But it is," returned she; "for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she
told me all about it."
“的确租出去了，”她说，“郎格太太刚刚上这儿来过，她把这件事的底细，一五一十地都告诉了我。”
Mr. Bennet made no answer.
班纳特先生没有理睬她。
"Do you not want to know who has taken it?" cried his wife impatiently.
“难道你不想知道是谁租去的吗？”太太不耐烦地嚷起来了。
"You want to tell me, and I ha胤ve no ob胤jection to hearing it."
“既然是你要说给我听，我听听也无妨。”


This was invitation enough.
这句话足够鼓励她讲下去了。