But though this behaviour assured Elinor that the conviction of this guilt WAS carried home to her mind, though she saw with satisfaction the effect of it, in her no longer avoiding Colonel Brandon when he called, in her speaking to him, even voluntarily speaking, with a kind of compassionate respect, and though she saw her spirits less violently irritated than before, she did not see her less wretched.
Pero aunque posteriormente su comportamiento le dio a Elinor la certeza de que sí había logrado convencerla de la culpabilidad del joven; aunque complacida pudo ver que, como consecuencia, Marianne ya no evitaba al coronel Brandon cuando las visitaba, conversaba con él, e incluso hasta por iniciativa propia, con una especie de compasivo respeto, y aunque la veía de un ánimo menos exasperadamente irritable que antes, no la veía menos desdichada.