Mr. Bennet had very often wished before this period of his life that, instead of spending his whole income, he had laid by an annual sum for the better provision of his children, and of his wife, if she survived him.
Durant les années écoulées, Mr. Bennet avait souvent regretté qu’au lieu de dépenser tout son revenu il n’eut pas mis de côté chaque année une petite somme pour assurer apres lui la possession d’un capital a ses filles et a sa femme, si celle-ci lui survivait.