I felt physically weak and broken down: but my worse ailment was an unutterable wretchedness of mind: a wretchedness which kept drawing from me silent tears; no sooner had I wiped one salt drop from my cheek than another followed. Yet, I thought, I ought to have been happy, for none of the Reeds were there, they were all gone out in the carriage with their mama.
Je me sentais faible et brisée; mais ma plus grande souffrance provenait d'un inexprimable abattement qui m'arrachait des pleurs secrets; à peine avais-je essuyé une larme de mes yeux qu'une autre la suivait, et pourtant j'aurais du être heureuse, car personne de la famille Reed n'était là.