They attacked him in various ways--with barefaced questions, ingenious suppositions, and distant surmises; but he eluded the skill of them all, and they were at last obliged to accept the second-hand intelligence of their neighbour, Lady Lucas.
Bingley, elle ne put obtenir de lui un portrait qui satisfît sa curiosité. Ces dames livrerent l’assaut avec une tactique variée : questions directes, suppositions ingénieuses, lointaines conjectures.