"I have been thinking it over again, Elizabeth," said her uncle, as they drove from the town; "and really, upon serious consideration, I am much more inclined than I was to judge as your eldest sister does on the matter. It appears to me so very unlikely that any young man should form such a design against a girl who is by no means unprotected or friendless, and who was actually staying in his colonel's family, that I am strongly inclined to hope the best.
– Plus je réfléchis a cette affaire, Elizabeth, lui dit son oncle comme ils quittaient la ville, plus j’incline a penser comme votre sour aînée : il me semble si étrange qu’un jeune homme ait pu former un tel dessein sur une jeune fille qui n’est pas, certes, sans protecteurs et sans amis et qui, par contre, résidait dans la famille de son colonel, que je suis tres enclin a adopter la supposition la plus favorable.