Catherine and Lydia had information for them of a different sort. Much had been done and much had been said in the regiment since the preceding Wednesday; several of the officers had dined lately with their uncle, a private had been flogged, and it had actually been hinted that Colonel Forster was going to be married.
Catherine et Lydia avaient des nouvelles d’un tout autre genre ; il s’était passé beaucoup de choses au régiment depuis le précédent mercredi : plusieurs officiers étaient venus dîner chez leur oncle ; un soldat avait été fustigé et le bruit du prochain mariage du colonel Forster commençait a se répandre.