Mrs. Reed surveyed me at times with a severe eye, but seldom addressed me: since my illness, she had drawn a more marked line of separation than ever between me and her own children; appointing me a small closet to sleep in by myself, condemning me to take my meals alone, and pass all my time in the nursery, while my cousins were constantly in the drawing-room.
Les jours et les semaines s'écoulaient; j'avais recouvré ma santé habituelle; cependant, il n'était plus question du sujet qui m'intéressait tant. Mme Reed arrêtait quelquefois sur moi son regard sévère; mais elle m'adressait rarement la parole.