I knew that Mr. Wickham ought not to be a clergyman; the business was therefore soon settled--he resigned all claim to assistance in the church, were it possible that he could ever be in a situation to receive it, and accepted in return three thousand pounds.
L’affaire fut donc rapidement conclue : en échange d’une somme de trois mille livres, Mr. Wickham abandonnait toute prétention a se faire assister dans la carriere ecclésiastique, dut-il jamais y entrer.