Elizabeth here felt herself called on to say something in vindication of his behaviour to Wickham; and therefore gave them to understand, in as guarded a manner as she could, that by what she had heard from his relations in Kent, his actions were capable of a very different construction; and that his character was by no means so faulty, nor Wickham's so amiable, as they had been considered in Hertfordshire.
Darcy dans ses rapports avec Wickham. En termes aussi réservés que possible elle laissa entendre que, pendant son séjour dans le Kent, elle avait appris que sa conduite pouvait etre interprétée d’une façon toute différente, et que son caractere n’était nullement aussi odieux, ni celui de Wickham aussi sympathique qu’on l’avait cru en Hertfordshire.