He observed to her, at a moment when the others were talking together, and in a tone which had something of real regret, that it "was a very long time since he had had the pleasure of seeing her;" and, before she could reply, he added, "It is above eight months.
Beste biak elkarrekin berbetan zeuden une batean, eta benetako damuaren oihartzuna zekarren tonuan, Bingleyk "bera ikusteko atsegina azkenekoz izan zuenetik denbora asko zela" ohartarazi zion Elizabethi; eta andereñoak erantzun baino lehen, hauxe erantsi zuen: "Zortzi hilabete baino gehiago.