But Elizabeth was not formed for ill-humour; and though every prospect of her own was destroyed for the evening, it could not dwell long on her spirits; and having told all her griefs to Charlotte Lucas, whom she had not seen for a week, she was soon able to make a voluntary transition to the oddities of her cousin, and to point him out to her particular notice.
Mais il n’était pas dans la nature d’Elizabeth de s’abandonner longtemps a une telle impression, et quand elle se fut soulagée en exposant son désappointement a Charlotte Lucas, elle fut bientôt capable de faire dévier la conversation sur les originalités de son cousin et de les signaler a l’attention de son amie. Les deux premieres danses, cependant, furent pour elle un intolérable supplice : Mr.