But there was much to be talked of in marrying her; and the good-natured wishes for her well-doing which had proceeded before from all the spiteful old ladies in Meryton lost but a little of their spirit in this change of circumstances, because with such an husband her misery was considered certain.
Mais son mariage fournissait encore une ample matiere a la médisance, et les voux exprimés par les vieilles dames acrimonieuses de Meryton ne perdirent pas beaucoup de leur fiel par suite du changement de circonstances car, avec un pareil mari, le malheur de Lydia pouvait etre considéré comme certain.