I need not explain myself farther; and though _we_ know this anxiety to be quite needless, yet if she feels it, it will easily account for her behaviour to me; and so deservedly dear as he is to his sister, whatever anxiety she must feel on his behalf is natural and amiable.
Je n’ai pas besoin de m’expliquer davantage. Je suis étonnée seulement que ses craintes subsistent encore a l’heure qu’il est ; car si son frere avait pour moi la moindre inclination, il y a longtemps qu’il aurait tâché de me revoir.