The vicious propensities--the want of principle, which he was careful to guard from the knowledge of his best friend, could not escape the observation of a young man of nearly the same age with himself, and who had opportunities of seeing him in unguarded moments, which Mr. Darcy could not have.
Les dispositions vicieuses et le manque de principes qu’il prenait soin de dissimuler a son bienfaiteur ne pouvaient échapper a un jeune homme du meme âge ayant l’occasion, qui manquait a mon pere, de le voir dans des moments ou il s’abandonnait a sa nature.