Charlotte's first letters were received with a good deal of eagerness; there could not but be curiosity to know how she would speak of her new home, how she would like Lady Catherine, and how happy she would dare pronounce herself to be; though, when the letters were read, Elizabeth felt that Charlotte expressed herself on every point exactly as she might have foreseen. She wrote cheerfully, seemed surrounded with comforts, and mentioned nothing which she could not praise.
Les lettres lues, Elizabeth vit que Charlotte s’exprimait sur chaque point exactement comme elle l’avait prévu. Elle écrivait avec beaucoup de gaieté, semblait jouir d’une existence pleine de confort et louait tout ce dont elle parlait : la maison, le mobilier, les voisins, les routes ne laissaient rien a désirer et lady Catherine se montrait extremement aimable et obligeante.