The extravagance and general profligacy which he scrupled not to lay at Mr. Wickham's charge, exceedingly shocked her; the more so, as she could bring no proof of its injustice. She had never heard of him before his entrance into the ----shire Militia, in which he had engaged at the persuasion of the young man who, on meeting him accidentally in town, had there renewed a slight acquaintance.
L’accusation de prodigalité et de dévergondage portée contre Wickham excitait cependant son indignation, – l’excitait d’autant plus, peut-etre, qu’elle ne pouvait rien découvrir qui en prouvât l’injustice. De la vie de Wickham avant son arrivée en Hertfordshire, on ne connaissait que ce qu’il en avait raconté lui-meme.