Marianne had already sent to say, that she should eat nothing more. Mrs. Dashwood's and Elinor's appetites were equally lost, and Margaret might think herself very well off, that with so much uneasiness as both her sisters had lately experienced, so much reason as they had often had to be careless of their meals, she had never been obliged to go without her dinner before.
Marianne had reeds laten zeggen, dat zij niets meer wilde gebruiken; Mevrouw Dashwood en Elinor waren ook hun eetlust kwijt, en Margaret mocht nog van geluk spreken, dat zij, ondanks al de onrust, die hare zusters in den laatsten tijd hadden uitgestaan, ondanks zooveel reden tot nalatigheid op het punt van geregelde maaltijden, nog nooit te voren haar middagmaal had moeten missen.