Mr. Darcy often acknowledged himself to be under the greatest obligations to my father's active superintendence, and when, immediately before my father's death, Mr. Darcy gave him a voluntary promise of providing for me, I am convinced that he felt it to be as much a debt of gratitude to _him_, as of his affection to myself."
Il a souvent reconnu tous les avantages que lui avait valus l’active gestion de mon pere. Peu de temps avant sa mort, il lui fit la promesse de se charger de mon avenir et je suis convaincu que ce fut autant pour acquitter une dette de reconnaissance envers mon pere que par affection pour moi.