About the third or fourth morning after their being thus resettled in Berkeley Street, Mrs. Jennings, on returning from her ordinary visit to Mrs. Palmer, entered the drawing-room, where Elinor was sitting by herself, with an air of such hurrying importance as prepared her to hear something wonderful; and giving her time only to form that idea, began directly to justify it, by saying,
Al tercer o cuarto día tras haberse reinstalado en Berkeley Street, la señora Jennings, recién de vuelta de su visita cotidiana a la señora Palmer, entró con un aire de tan apremiante importancia en la sala donde Elinor se encontraba a solas, que ésta se preparó para escuchar algo prodigioso; y tras haberle dado sólo el tiempo necesario para formarse tal idea, comenzó de inmediato a fundamentarla diciendo: .