Lydia--the humiliation, the misery she was bringing on them all, soon swallowed up every private care; and covering her face with her handkerchief, Elizabeth was soon lost to everything else; and, after a pause of several minutes, was only recalled to a sense of her situation by the voice of her companion, who, in a manner which, though it spoke compassion, spoke likewise restraint, said, "I am afraid you have been long desiring my absence, nor have I anything to plead in excuse of my stay, but real, though unavailing concern.
Lydia, l’humiliation et le chagrin qu’elle leur infligeait a tous eurent tôt fait d’écarter toute autre préoccupation ; et, plongeant sa figure dans son mouchoir, Elizabeth perdit de vue tout le reste. Apres quelques minutes, elle fut rappelée a la réalité par la voix de son compagnon.