Pride and Prejudice - Chapter 4
오만과 편견 - 제4장
Jane and Elizabeth were particularly close. They were both intelligent and well-read, but their personalities were quite different.
제인과 엘리자베스는 특히 사이가 좋다. 둘 다 지적이지만 성격은 다르다.
Jane was gentle and kind, always seeing the best in everyone. She rarely spoke ill of others, and she was quick to forgive. Elizabeth, on the other hand, was more critical. She saw flaws and faults where Jane saw only good, and she was not afraid to speak her mind.
제인은 온화하고 상냥하며 항상 사람들의 좋은 면만 본다. 그녀는 누구의 험담도 하지 않는다. 엘리자베스는 더 비판적이고 통찰력이 있다. 그녀는 제인이 장점만 보는 곳에서 단점을 본다.
"You are too quick to judge, Lizzy," Jane would say gently when Elizabeth criticized someone.
그들은 무도회에 대해 이야기를 나눈다. 제인은 빙리 씨에게 매우 끌리고 있음을 인정한다. 엘리자베스는 그녀에게 맹목적이 되지 말라고 경고하지만, 언니를 위해 기뻐한다.
"And you are too kind, Jane," Elizabeth would reply with a laugh. "Sometimes you cannot see the bad in people even when it is right in front of you."
Despite their differences, the sisters loved each other dearly and shared everything. When Elizabeth expressed her concerns about Darcy, Jane tried to defend him.
"Perhaps he was just shy," Jane suggested. "Some people are uncomfortable in social situations. It does not mean they are proud."
Elizabeth shook her head. "No, it was more than shyness. He looked down on everyone, as if he thought he was better than all of us. That is not shyness, Jane. That is pride."
But Jane would not be convinced. She preferred to think the best of people, even when evidence suggested otherwise.
Their younger sisters were very different. Lydia and Kitty were silly and frivolous, interested only in officers and balls and pretty dresses. Mary, the middle sister, was serious and studious, always reading books and trying to improve herself.
Mrs. Bennet worried about all her daughters, but she was most concerned about finding husbands for them. With five daughters and no son, the estate would go to a distant cousin when Mr. Bennet died, and the girls would be left with very little.
"We must get them all married well," she would say to her husband. "Or what will become of them?"
Mr. Bennet would usually respond with a sarcastic comment that made his wife angry, but he secretly shared her concern. He knew that the future of his daughters depended on finding good husbands.