Colonel Brandon came in while the party were at tea, and by his manner of looking round the room for Marianne, Elinor immediately fancied that he neither expected nor wished to see her there, and, in short, that he was already aware of what occasioned her absence.
El coronel Brandon llegó cuando se encontraban tomando el té, y por su manera de mirar a su alrededor para ver si estaba Marianne, Elinor se imaginó de inmediato que ni esperaba ni deseaba verla ahí y, en suma, de que ya sabía la causa de su ausencia.