"Well, Miss Dashwood," said Mrs. Jennings, sagaciously smiling, as soon as the gentleman had withdrawn, "I do not ask you what the Colonel has been saying to you; for though, upon my honour, I TRIED to keep out of hearing, I could not help catching enough to understand his business.
-Bien, señorita Dashwood -dijo la señora Jennings con una sonrisa sagaz apenas se hubo ido el caballero-, no le preguntaré lo que le ha estado diciendo el coronel, pues aunque, por mi honor, intenté no escuchar, no pude evitar oír lo suficiente para entender lo que él pretendía.