To him therefore the succession to the Norland estate was not so really important as to his sisters; for their fortune, independent of what might arise to them from their father's inheriting that property, could be but small.
Para él, entonces, el legado de la finca Norland no era en verdad tan importante como para sus hermanas; pues ellas, independientemente de lo que pudiera llegarles si su padre heredaba esa propiedad, eran de fortuna que no puede considerarse sino escasa.