Mrs. Phillips was quite awed by such an excess of good breeding; but her contemplation of one stranger was soon put to an end by exclamations and inquiries about the other; of whom, however, she could only tell her nieces what they already knew, that Mr. Denny had brought him from London, and that he was to have a lieutenant's commission in the ----shire.
Il y répondit par de longs discours pour s’excuser de l’indiscrétion qu’il commettait en osant venir chez elle sans lui avoir été préalablement présenté. Sa parenté avec ces demoiselles Bennet justifiait un peu, pensait-il, cette incorrection.