Elinor sat down to her drawing-table as soon as he was out of the house, busily employed herself the whole day, neither sought nor avoided the mention of his name, appeared to interest herself almost as much as ever in the general concerns of the family, and if, by this conduct, she did not lessen her own grief, it was at least prevented from unnecessary increase, and her mother and sisters were spared much solicitude on her account.
Elinor ging, zoodra hij was heengegaan, aan haar teekentafel zitten, bleef den geheelen dag druk bezig; zocht noch vermeed zijn naam te noemen, scheen bijna niet minder belang te stellen dan anders in hun aller aangelegenheden, en zoo zij al door dit gedrag haar eigen verdriet niet kon verzachten, het werd er althans niet onnoodig door verzwaard, en zij bespaarde haar moeder en zusters veel zorg omtrent haar gemoedsgesteldheid.