As soon as they returned to the carriage, Mrs. Jennings was eager for information; but as Elinor wished to spread as little as possible intelligence that had in the first place been so unfairly obtained, she confined herself to the brief repetition of such simple particulars, as she felt assured that Lucy, for the sake of her own consequence, would choose to have known.
Zoodra ze weer in het rijtuig zaten, wilde Mevrouw Jennings alles hooren; maar daar Elinor zoo min mogelijk dingen wilde verder vertellen, die, om te beginnen, door ongeoorloofde middelen te harer kennis waren gekomen, beperkte zij zich tot de korte mededeeling van die bijzonderheden, welke zij begreep, dat Lucy, terwille van haar eigen waardigheid, gaarne algemeen bekend zou zien.