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"But, indeed, Elinor, it is Marianne's. I am almost sure it is, for I saw him cut it off. Last night after tea, when you and mama went out of the room, they were whispering and talking together as fast as could be, and he seemed to be begging something of her, and presently he took up her scissors and cut off a long lock of her hair, for it was all tumbled down her back; and he kissed it, and folded it up in a piece of white paper; and put it into his pocket-book. "
“埃丽诺，那的确是玛丽安的头发。我几乎可以肯定，因为我亲眼见他剪下来的。昨晚用过茶，你和妈妈都走出了房间，他们在窃窃私语，说起话来要多快有多快。威洛比像是在向玛丽安央求什么东西，随即只见他拿起姐姐的剪刀，剪下她一长绺头发，因为她的头发都散落在背后。他把头发亲了亲，然后卷起来包在一张白纸里，装进他的皮夹。”
For such particulars, stated on such authority, Elinor could not withhold her credit; nor was she disposed to it, for the circumstance was in perfect unison with what she had heard and seen herself.
玛格丽特说得这么有根有据，有鼻子有眼，埃丽诺不能再不相信啦。况且，她也不想再去怀疑，因为情况与她自己耳闻目睹的完全一致。
Margaret's sagacity was not always displayed in a way so satisfactory to her sister. When Mrs. Jennings attacked her one evening at the park, to give the name of the young man who was Elinor's particular favourite, which had been long a matter of great curiosity to her, Margaret answered by looking at her sister, and saying, "I must not tell, may I, Elinor?"
玛格丽特并非总是显得十分机灵，有时难免引起姐姐的不快。一天晚上，詹宁斯太太在巴顿庄园硬逼着她说出谁是埃丽诺的意中人（长久以来，她一直对此兴致勃勃），玛格丽特瞅了瞅姐姐，然后回答说：“我不能说，是吧，埃丽诺？”
This of course made every body laugh; and Elinor tried to laugh too. But the effort was painful. She was convinced that Margaret had fixed on a person whose name she could not bear with composure to become a standing joke with Mrs. Jennings.
不用说，这句话惹起一阵哄堂大笑，埃丽诺也试图跟着笑，但这滋味是苦涩的。她知道玛格丽特要说的是哪个人，她不能心安理得地容忍这个人的名字成为詹宁斯太太的永久笑柄。
