With many compliments to them, and much self-gratulation on the prospect of a connection between the houses, he unfolded the matter--to an audience not merely wondering, but incredulous; for Mrs. Bennet, with more perseverance than politeness, protested he must be entirely mistaken; and Lydia, always unguarded and often uncivil, boisterously exclaimed:
Mrs. Bennet, avec une insistance discourtoise, protesta qu’il devait faire erreur, tandis que Lydia, toujours étourdie, s’exclamait bruyamment :