That good lady, however, saw only that Marianne had received a letter from Willoughby, which appeared to her a very good joke, and which she treated accordingly, by hoping, with a laugh, that she would find it to her liking.
Het goede mensch zag echter niet anders, dan dat Marianne een brief van Willoughby had gekregen, 't geen zij uitermate grappig vond, en als zoodanig behandelde, door lachend haar hoop te uiten, dat er goed nieuws in stond.