她心中驀地湧起一股同情,意識到夏綠蒂只是因相貌平平,年齡日見增長,由於害怕成為老姑娘,過孤獨、貧寒的生活才不得已嫁給了柯林斯先生。
She realizes with a sudden wave of sympathy that Charlotte, a rather homely girl of advancing years, married Mr. Collins out of necessity, fearing a lonely and poverty-stricken life as an old maid.