The scene is very funny, but what would have happened if Mrs. Jennings had gone and told Charlotte, for example, that Col. Brandon have proposed to Elinor? She's very disposed to do it.

"Certainly, ma'am, I shall tell Marianne of it; but I shall not mention it at present to anybody else."

"Oh! very well," said Mrs. Jennings, rather disappointed. "Then you would not have me tell it Lucy, for I think of going as far as Holborn to-day."

Would it have consequences to Elinor and Col. Barton? In chapter 29, Elinor is a bit angry with Mrs. Jennings for spreading the gossip about Marianne and Willoughby assumed engagement.