Elinor had just been congratulating herself, in the midst of her perplexity, that however difficult it might be to express herself properly by letter, it was at least preferable to giving the information by word of mouth, when her visitor entered, to force her upon this greatest exertion of all. Her astonishment and confusion were very great on his so sudden appearance.
Recién Elinor había estado felicitándose en medio de sus vacilaciones, pensando que por difícil que pudiera ser expresarse adecuadamente por escrito, al menos era preferible a dar información de palabra, cuando la repentina entrada de su visitante la sorprendió y confundió de gran manera, obligándola a un nuevo esfuerzo, quizá el mayor de todos.