Elizabeth, feeling it incumbent on her to relieve him from so unpleasant a situation, now put herself forward to confirm his account, by mentioning her prior knowledge of it from Charlotte herself; and endeavoured to put a stop to the exclamations of her mother and sisters by the earnestness of her congratulations to Sir William, in which she was readily joined by Jane, and by making a variety of remarks on the happiness that might be expected from the match, the excellent character of Mr. Collins, and the convenient distance of Hunsford from London.
Elizabeth, sentant qu’elle devait lui venir en aide dans une aussi fâcheuse situation, intervint pour dire qu’elle connaissait déja la nouvelle par Charlotte et s’efforça de mettre un terme aux exclamations de sa mere et de ses sours en offrant a sir William de cordiales félicitations auxquelles se joignirent celles de Jane ; puis elle s’étendit en diverses considérations sur le bonheur futur de Charlotte, l’honorabilité de Mr. Collins, et la courte distance qui séparait Hunsford de Londres.