As soon as they returned to the carriage, Mrs. Jennings was eager for information; but as Elinor wished to spread as little as possible intelligence that had in the first place been so unfairly obtained, she confined herself to the brief repetition of such simple particulars, as she felt assured that Lucy, for the sake of her own consequence, would choose to have known.
Elinor’s morals ar impeccable. doesn’t want gossip or overheard gossip through a room conversations. Won’t spread rumors.
