But now it was all too natural. For such an attachment as this she might have sufficient charms; and though she did not suppose Lydia to be deliberately engaging in an elopement without the intention of marriage, she had no difficulty in believing that neither her virtue nor her understanding would preserve her from falling an easy prey.
Mais tout s’expliquait maintenant : pour ce genre d’attachement, Lydia avait suffisamment de charmes. Certes, Elizabeth ne pensait pas que celle-ci eut pu consentir a un enlevement ou il n’aurait pas été question de mariage, mais elle se rendait compte aisément que ni la vertu, ni le bon sens ne pouvaient empecher sa sour de devenir une proie facile.