Mrs. Jennings, though regretting that she had not been five minutes earlier, was satisfied with the compromise; and Elinor, as she swallowed the chief of it, reflected, that though its effects on a colicky gout were, at present, of little importance to her, its healing powers, on a disappointed heart might be as reasonably tried on herself as on her sister.
La señora Jennings, aunque lamentando no haber llegado cinco minutos antes, quedó satisfecha con el arreglo; y Elinor, mientras se lo tomaba, pensaba que aunque su efecto en la gota hepática no tenía ninguna importancia en el momento, sus poderes curativos sobre un corazón desengañado bien podían probarse en ella tanto como en su hermana.