It was several days before Willoughby's name was mentioned before Marianne by any of her family; Sir John and Mrs. Jennings, indeed, were not so nice; their witticisms added pain to many a painful hour;--but one evening, Mrs. Dashwood, accidentally taking up a volume of Shakespeare, exclaimed, "We have never finished Hamlet, Marianne; our dear Willoughby went away before we could get through it.
Pasaron varios días antes de que nadie en la familia mencionara el nombre de Willoughby frente a Marianne; por supuesto, sir John y la señora Jennings no fueron tan delicados; sus ingeniosidades sumaron dolor a muchos momentos dolorosos; pero una tarde, la señora Dashwood, tomando al azar un volumen de Shakespeare, exclamó: -Nunca terminamos Hamlet, Marianne; nuestro querido Willoughby se fue antes de que lo leyéramos completo.