Upon serious consideration, for indeed now I began to consider things very seriously, and never till now; I say, upon serious consideration, I resolved to tell him of it first; and it was not long before I had an opportunity, for the very next day his brother went to London upon some business, and the family being out a-visiting, just as it had happened before, and as indeed was often the case, he came according to his custom, to spend an hour or two with Mrs. Betty.
Après sérieuse considération, car, en vérité, je commençais maintenant d'abord à considérer les choses très sérieusement, je résolus de lui en parler la première, et il ne se passa pas longtemps avant que j'en eusse l'occasion, car précisément le jour suivant son frère alla à Londres en affaires, et la famille étant sortie en visite, comme il arrivait avant, il vint, selon sa coutume, passer une heure ou deux avec Mme Betty.