Eliza and Georgiana, evidently acting according to orders, spoke to me as little as possible: John thrust his tongue in his cheek whenever he saw me, and once attempted chastisement; but as I instantly turned against him, roused by the same sentiment of deep ire and desperate revolt which had stirred my corruption before, he thought it better to desist, and ran from me tittering execrations, and vowing I had burst his nose.
John me faisait des grimaces toutes les fois qu'il me rencontrait. Un jour, il essaya de me battre; mais je me retournai contre lui, poussée par ce même sentiment de colère profonde et de révolte désespérée qui une fois déjà s'était emparé de moi.