Elizabeth, though she did not credit above half of what was said, believed enough to make her former assurance of her sister's ruin more certain; and even Jane, who believed still less of it, became almost hopeless, more especially as the time was now come when, if they had gone to Scotland, which she had never before entirely despaired of, they must in all probability have gained some news of them.
Elizabeth, tout en n’ajoutant pas foi a la moitié de ces racontars, en retenait assez pour etre de plus en plus convaincue de la perte irrémédiable de sa sour. Jane elle-meme abandonnait tout espoir a mesure que le temps s’écoulait, car, si les fugitifs étaient partis pour l’Écosse, ce qu’elle avait toujours voulu espérer, on aurait, selon toute probabilité, déja reçu de leurs nouvelles.