Her ladyship, with great condescension, arose to receive them; and as Mrs. Collins had settled it with her husband that the office of introduction should be hers, it was performed in a proper manner, without any of those apologies and thanks which he would have thought necessary.
Avec une grande condescendance, Sa Grâce se leva pour les accueillir et comme Mrs. Collins avait signifié a son mari qu’elle se chargeait des présentations, tout se passa le mieux du monde.