Chapter 38Mrs. Jennings was a widow with a lavish income. She had only two daughters, both of whom she had experienced respectably married, and therefore now had no choice but to marry the whole rest of the world. In promoting this object, it was diligent, as far as its assets were sufficient; and never missed an opportunity to plan weddings among all the young people of their acquaintance. She was remarkably quick to discover attachments, and had enjoyed the advantage of letting the blush and vanity of some young lady come from hints of her power over such a young man; and this kind of judgment enabled her to resolutely declare that Colonel Bridgerton was very much in love with Marianne Hargrove soon after her arrival in Barton. She already sensed it on the first evening of their together
