Mr. Bennet's property consisted almost entirely in an estate of two thousand a year, which, unfortunately for his daughters, was entailed, in default of heirs male, on a distant relation; and their mother's fortune, though ample for her situation in life, could but ill supply the deficiency of his.
La fortune de Mr. Bennet consistait presque tout entiere en un domaine d’un revenu de 2 000 livres mais qui, malheureusement pour ses filles, devait, a défaut d’héritier mâle, revenir a un cousin éloigné.