To this discovery succeeded some others equally mortifying. Though he had detected with a critical eye more than one failure of perfect symmetry in her form, he was forced to acknowledge her figure to be light and pleasing; and in spite of his asserting that her manners were not those of the fashionable world, he was caught by their easy playfulness.
D’autres découvertes suivirent, aussi mortifiantes : il dut reconnaître a Elizabeth une silhouette fine et gracieuse et, lui qui avait déclaré que ses manieres n’étaient pas celles de la haute société, il se sentit séduit par leur charme tout spécial fait de naturel et de gaieté. De tout ceci Elizabeth était loin de se douter.