"Well, Lizzy, " continued her mother, soon afterwards, "and so the Collinses live very comfortable, do they? Well, well, I only hope it will last. And what sort of table do they keep? Charlotte is an excellent manager, I dare say. If she is half as sharp as her mother, she is saving enough. There is nothing extravagant in THEIR housekeeping, I dare say. "
"No, nothing at all. "
"A great deal of good management, depend upon it. Yes, yes. THEY will take care not to outrun their income. THEY will never be distressed for money. Well, much good may it do them! And so, I suppose, they often talk of having Longbourn when your father is dead. They look upon it as quite their own, I dare say, whenever that happens. "
"It was a subject which they could not mention before me. "
"No; it would have been strange if they had; but I make no doubt they often talk of it between themselves. Well, if they can be easy with an estate that is not lawfully their own, so much the better. I should be ashamed of having one that was only entailed on me. "
1.as sharp as 和……一样聪明 He is as sharp as his father. 他想他父亲一样聪明。
2.depend upon 依赖 Depend upon it, we shall succeed. 没问题,我们一定能成功。
3.look upon 看待, 看作 I look upon that as very strange. 我认为那非常奇怪。
4.be ashamed of 对 ... 感到羞耻 He has done nothing to be ashamed of. 他从未做过亏心的事情。