Mr. Bennet's emotions were much more tranquil on the occasion, and such as he did experience he pronounced to be of a most agreeable sort; for it gratified him, he said, to discover that Charlotte Lucas, whom he had been used to think tolerably sensible, was as foolish as his wife, and more foolish than his daughter!
Bennet accueillit la nouvelle avec plus de sérénité. Il lui plaisait, dit-il, de constater que Charlotte Lucas, qu’il avait toujours considérée comme une fille raisonnable, n’avait pas plus de bon sens que sa femme et en avait certainement moins que sa fille.