His countenance, voice, and manner had established him at once in the possession of every virtue. She tried to recollect some instance of goodness, some distinguished trait of integrity or benevolence, that might rescue him from the attacks of Mr. Darcy; or at least, by the predominance of virtue, atone for those casual errors under which she would endeavour to class what Mr. Darcy had described as the idleness and vice of many years' continuance.
Elle essaya de retrouver dans son esprit quelque trait de délicatesse ou de générosité qui put le défendre contre les accusations de Mr. Darcy, ou, tout au moins, en dénotant une réelle valeur morale, racheter ce qu’elle voulait considérer comme des erreurs passageres ; mais aucun souvenir de ce genre ne lui revint a la mémoire.