To Jane, he could be only a man whose proposals she had refused, and whose merit she had undervalued; but to her own more extensive information, he was the person to whom the whole family were indebted for the first of benefits, and whom she regarded herself with an interest, if not quite so tender, at least as reasonable and just as what Jane felt for Bingley.
Pour Elizabeth, c’était l’homme qui venait de rendre a sa famille un service inestimable et pour qui elle éprouvait un sentiment sinon aussi tendre que celui de Jane pour Bingley, du moins aussi profond et aussi raisonnable.