She had high animal spirits, and a sort of natural self-consequence, which the attention of the officers, to whom her uncle's good dinners, and her own easy manners recommended her, had increased into assurance.
Les assiduités des officiers de la milice qu’attiraient les bons dîners de son oncle, et qu’encourageaient sa liberté d’allures, avaient transformé son assurance naturelle en un véritable aplomb.