梁遇春佳译：有时美丽也可以得到一个丈夫

笛福《“荡妇”法兰德斯自传》 梁遇春 译

“I understand you, brother,” replies the lady very smartly; “you suppose I have the money, and want the beauty; but as times go now, the first will do without the last, so I have the better of my neighbours.”

“Well,” says the younger brother, “but your neighbours, as you call them, may be even with you, for beauty will steal a husband sometimes in spite of money, and when the maid chances to be handsomer than the mistress, she oftentimes makes as good a market, and rides in a coach before her.”

“我明白你的用意，兄弟,”小姐很严厉地说道：“你以为我虽然有钱，却缺乏了美丽，但是照现在习俗，有钱的人就是长得平常点丝毫也不碍事，所以我比那班有色无钱的朋友们占了便宜。”

“可是，”她的弟弟说，“你的朋友们也有她们报复的时候,因为有时美丽也可以得到一个丈夫，虽然并没有钱，当一个侍婢偶然比她的小姐长得漂亮时候，她很常同她的小姐嫁得一样富贵的丈夫，她还会比她的小姐早些出嫁。”