It was much easier to chat than to study; much pleasanter to let her imagination range and work at Harriet's fortune, than to be labouring to enlarge her comprehension or exercise it on sober facts.

闲聊比学习容易得多；任凭想象驰骋、替哈丽雅特筹划前程，也比费力拓展她的理解力，或让她用头脑思考实在的事情，要愉快得多。