There was one gentleman, an officer of the Cheshire, a very good-looking young man, who I was told wanted very much to be introduced to me; but as he did not want it quite enough to take much trouble in effecting it, we never could bring it about. I danced with Mr. John Wood again, twice with a Mr. South, a lad from Winchester…
(出处:Jane Austen's Steventon and Her Life There - Geri Walton)
请问这里的we never could bring it about该怎么理解?我理解的意思是由于这位青年实际上并未上前结交,所以简跟他之间并没有发生任何事或有过任何交谈。不知道这个理解对不对。如果对的话,怎么表述更妥帖呢?