Had Elizabeth been able to encounter his eye, she might have seen how well the expression of heartfelt delight, diffused over his face, became him; but, though she could not look, she could listen, and he told her of feelings, which, in proving of what importance she was to him, made his affection every moment more valuable.
Si Elizabeth avait osé lever les yeux, elle aurait vu combien l’expression de joie profonde qui illuminait sa physionomie embellissait son visage. Mais si son trouble l’empechait de regarder, elle pouvait l’entendre : et tout ce qu’il disait, montrant a quel point elle lui était chere, lui faisait sentir davantage, de minute en minute, le prix de son affection.