As this was a favourite meal with Mrs. Jennings, it lasted a considerable time, and they were just setting themselves, after it, round the common working table, when a letter was delivered to Marianne, which she eagerly caught from the servant, and, turning of a death-like paleness, instantly ran out of the room.
Esta era la comida favorita de la señora Jennings, por lo que duraba un tiempo considerable; y tras haberla finalizado, apenas comenzaban a instalarse en tomo a la mesa de costura donde todas trabajaban, cuando un criado trajo una carta para Marianne, que ella le arrebató ansiosamente para salir corriendo de la habitación, el rostro con una palidez de muerte.