She found him, however, perfectly the gentleman in his behaviour to all his visitors, and only occasionally rude to his wife and her mother; she found him very capable of being a pleasant companion, and only prevented from being so always, by too great an aptitude to fancy himself as much superior to people in general, as he must feel himself to be to Mrs. Jennings and Charlotte.
Lo que encontró, sin embargo, fue un comportamiento perfectamente caballeroso hacia todos sus invitados, y sólo en ocasiones áspero con su esposa y la madre de ella; lo encontró muy capaz de ser una grata compañía, y lo único que le impedía serlo siempre era una excesiva capacidad de sentirse tan superior a la gente en general como debía creerse con respecto de la señora Jennings y de Charlotte.