Perhaps Mrs. Jennings was in hopes, by this vigorous sketch of their future ennui, to provoke him to make that offer, which might give himself an escape from it;--and if so, she had soon afterwards good reason to think her object gained; for, on Elinor's moving to the window to take more expeditiously the dimensions of a print, which she was going to copy for her friend, he followed her to it with a look of particular meaning, and conversed with her there for several minutes.
Quizá la señora Jennings tenía la esperanza de que este expresivo boceto de su futuro hastío lo incitara a hacer esa proposición que le permitiría liberarse de tal destino; y si así era, poco después tuvo motivos para pensar que había logrado su objetivo; pues al acercarse Elinor a la ventana para tomar de manera más expedita las medidas de un grabado que iba a copiar para su amiga, él la siguió con una mirada particularmente significativa y conversó con ella durante varios minutos.