If he had been wavering before as to what he should do, which had often seemed likely, the advice and entreaty of so near a relation might settle every doubt, and determine him at once to be as happy as dignity unblemished could make him.
S’il était encore hésitant, les conseils et les exhortations d’une proche parente pouvaient avoir raison de ses derniers doutes, et le décider a chercher le bonheur dans la satisfaction de garder sa dignité intacte.