It was an office in short, from which, unwilling to give Edward the pain of receiving an obligation from HER, she would have been very glad to be spared herself;-- but Colonel Brandon, on motives of equal delicacy, declining it likewise, still seemed so desirous of its being given through her means, that she would not on any account make farther opposition.
Era, en pocas palabras, una misión de la cual le habría gustado verse libre, por no infligir a Edward el dolor de recibir un favor de ella; pero el coronel Brandon, a quien guiaba idéntica delicadeza para preferir no hacerlo él mismo, parecía tan empeñado en que ella se hiciera cargo, que de ninguna manera quiso Elinor negarse.