The vicious propensities--the want of principle, which he was careful to guard from the knowledge of his best friend, could not escape the observation of a young man of nearly the same age with himself, and who had opportunities of seeing him in unguarded moments, which Mr. Darcy could not have.
Romlott hajlamai, elvtelensége, amit gondosan titkolt legfőbb jóakarója elől, nem kerülhették el egy vele majdnem egykorú fiatalember figyelmét, aki óvatlan pillanataiban is láthatta őt - apámnak erre nem volt alkalma.