舞踏会で評判が逆転する

英語原文

Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike: he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners. His sisters were fine women, with an air of decided fashion. His brother-in-law, Mr. Hurst, merely looked the gentleman; but his friend Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien, and the report, which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year. The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.

日本語訳

ビングリー氏は容姿がよく、紳士らしかった。顔つきは感じがよく、振る舞いも自然で気取りがなかった。姉妹は美しく、いかにも流行に通じた様子だった。義兄のハースト氏は、見かけだけは紳士だった。一方、友人のダーシー氏は、すらりとした長身、整った顔立ち、気品ある姿に加え、入場から五分もたたぬうちに広まった年収一万ポンドという噂で、たちまち会場の注目を集めた。男性たちは立派な男ぶりだと言い、女性たちはビングリー氏よりずっと美男子だと断じた。夕べの半ばほどまでは大いに称賛されていたが、その態度が嫌悪を招き、人気は逆転した。高慢で、居合わせた人々を見下し、楽しむことさえ意に介さないと見なされたのである。ダービーシャーの広大な領地をもってしても、彼の顔つきは近寄りがたく不愉快で、友人と比べるにも値しないという評価を救えなかった。