Much as she had suffered from her first conversation with Lucy on the subject, she soon felt an earnest wish of renewing it; and this for more reasons than one. She wanted to hear many particulars of their engagement repeated again, she wanted more clearly to understand what Lucy really felt for Edward, whether there were any sincerity in her declaration of tender regard for him, and she particularly wanted to convince Lucy, by her readiness to enter on the matter again, and her calmness in conversing on it, that she was no otherwise interested in it than as a friend, which she very much feared her involuntary agitation, in their morning discourse, must have left at least doubtful.
Zij verlangde vele bijzonderheden omtrent hun verloving nogmaals te hooren, zij wenschte duidelijker te begrijpen, wat Lucy inderdaad voor Edward gevoelde, of er eenige oprechtheid was in haar verklaring, dat zij hem innig liefhad, en vóór alles wenschte zij Lucy te overtuigen, door haar bereidwilligheid om weer over de zaak te beginnen, en haar kalmte bij het bespreken ervan, dat hare belangstelling een louter vriendschappelijke was, 't geen zij vreesde door haar onwillekeurige gemoedsbeweging dien morgen van hun gesprek, althans twijfelachtig te hebben doen schijnen.