Elinor wanted very much to know, though she did not chuse to ask, whether Edward was then in town; but nothing would have induced Fanny voluntarily to mention his name before her, till able to tell her that his marriage with Miss Morton was resolved on, or till her husband's expectations on Colonel Brandon were answered; because she believed them still so very much attached to each other, that they could not be too sedulously divided in word and deed on every occasion.
A Elinor le habría gustado saber, aunque prefirió no preguntar, si Edward estaba en la ciudad; pero por nada del mundo Fanny habría mencionado voluntariamente su nombre delante de ella hasta no poder decirle que el matrimonio con la señorita Morton estaba resuelto, o hasta que las expectativas de su esposo respecto del coronel Brandon se hubieran ratificado; y ello porque creía que todavía estaban tan apegados el uno al otro, que nunca era demasiado el cuidado que se debía poner en mantenerlos separados de palabra y obra.