The footman, who was running to announce them, was stopped by another footman in the big hall, and they whispered together.

一名跑去通报的仆役在大厅里被另一名仆役拦阻，他们低声说着什么话。

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Longbourn follows a romance between a newly arrived footman and a housemaid in the Bennet household that runs parallel to the love story between Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet.

BBC: Pride and Prejudice retold from servants' viewpoint