Everybody was surprised, and Darcy, after looking at her for a moment, turned silently away. Mrs. Benet, who thought she had a complete victory（胜利） over him, continued her talk.
"I cannot see that London has any great advantages than the countryside, except the shops and public places. The countryside is more comfortable, isn't it, Mr. Bingley?"
"When I am in the country," he replied, "I never wish to leave it, and when I am in town it is pretty much the same. They each have their advantages, and I can be equally（同等的） happy in either."
"Aye-that is because you are easygoing. But that gentleman," looking at Darcy, "seemed to think the country was nothing at all." "Indeed, Mama, you are mistaken," said Elizabeth, stopped her mother. "You quite mistook Mr. Darcy. He only meant that there were not so many different kinds of people to be met with in the country as in town, which you must acknowledge（承认） to be true." "Certainly, my dear, nobody said there were; but as to not meeting with many people in this neighborhood, I believe there are few neighborhoods larger than ours. I know we had dinner with twenty-four families." Hearing this, Mr. Bingley's sister couldn't help laughing. Elizabeth's face turned red. She stopped her mother and asked, "Mum, Did Charlotte have dinner with us tonight?" "No, she would go home. I guess she was wanted. She was a little pain. For my part, Mr. Bingley, my daughters are brought up differently and politely." "She seems to be a very pleasant young woman," said Bingley.
"Oh! Dear, yes, but you must acknowledge that she is not beautiful. Lady Charlotte herself has often said so, and envied（嫉妒） my eldest daughter, Jane's beauty. I do not like to boast（吹捧） of my own child, but to be sure, Jane—one does not often see any body better looking. It is what every body says. I do not trust my own partiality. When she was only fifteen, there was a gentleman at my brother, Gardiner's home in town, falling in love with her when seeing her for the first eye." —(chosen from an English novel Pride and Prejudice)
