Elizabeth's eyes were fixed on her with most painful sensations; and she watched her progress through the several stanzas with an impatience which was very ill rewarded at their close; for Mary, on receiving amongst the thanks of the table, the hint of a hope that she might be prevailed on to favour them again, after the pause of half a minute began another.
С крайней досадой Элизабет, не отрывая глаз, наблюдала за сестрой и нетерпеливо следила, как та переходит от куплета к куплету. Окончание песни, впрочем, не принесло облегчения — уловив среди одобрительных возгласов намек на просьбу продлить доставленное удовольствие, сестра тотчас же принялась за новую.