He confessed himself obliged to leave the regiment, on account of some debts of honour, which were very pressing; and scrupled not to lay all the ill-consequences of Lydia's flight on her own folly alone.
Wickham reconnut qu’il avait été forcé de quitter le régiment a cause de pressantes dettes d’honneur et ne fit aucun scrupule de rejeter sur la seule folie de Lydia toutes les déplorables conséquences de sa fuite.