I must not, however, neglect the duties of my station, or refrain from declaring my amazement at hearing that you received the young couple into your house as soon as they were married. It was an encouragement of vice; and had I been the rector of Longbourn, I should very strenuously have opposed it.
Je ne puis me dérober au devoir de ma charge et m’abstenir d’exprimer mon étonnement que vous ayez reçu le jeune couple chez vous, aussitôt apres le mariage : c’est un encouragement au vice, et si j’étais le recteur de Longbourn, je m’y serais opposé de tout mon pouvoir.