Reed pitied it; and he used to nurse it and notice it as if it had been his own: more, indeed, than he ever noticed his own at that age. He would try to make my children friendly to the little beggar: the darlings could not bear it, and he was angry with them when they showed their dislike.
M. Reed avait pitié d'elle; il la soignait et la berçait comme ses propres enfants, et même jamais il ne s'était autant occupé d'eux dans leur première enfance; il essaya de rendre mes enfants affectueux envers la petite mendiante; les pauvres petits ne purent pas la supporter.