"It is unlucky," said she, after a short pause, "that you should not be able to see your friends before they leave the country. But may we not hope that the period of future happiness to which Miss Bingley looks forward may arrive earlier than she is aware, and that the delightful intercourse you have known as friends will be renewed with yet greater satisfaction as sisters?
– C’est dommage, dit-elle apres un court silence, que vous n’ayez pu les revoir avant leur départ ; cependant il nous est peut-etre permis d’espérer que l’occasion de vous retrouver se présentera plus tôt que miss Bingley ne le prévoit. Qui sait si ces rapports d’amitié qu’elle a trouvés si agréables ne se renoueront pas plus intimes encore ?… Mr.