Lydia has no brothers to step forward; and he might imagine, from my father's behaviour, from his indolence and the little attention he has ever seemed to give to what was going forward in his family, that _he_ would do as little, and think as little about it, as any father could do, in such a matter."
Lydiának nincs bátyja, aki közbeléphetne; apám közömbös viselkedése pedig, az, hogy soha cseppet sem törődött azzal, mi történik a családjában, azt a hitet keltheti Wickhamben, hogy ebben az ügyben éppoly keveset fog tenni, éppoly kevéssé fog törődni vele, mint a legtöbb apa.