Now and then they were honoured with a call from her ladyship, and nothing escaped her observation that was passing in the room during these visits. She examined into their employments, looked at their work, and advised them to do it differently; found fault with the arrangement of the furniture; or detected the housemaid in negligence; and if she accepted any refreshment, seemed to do it only for the sake of finding out that Mrs. Collins's joints of meat were too large for her family.
Elle s’intéressait aux occupations de chacun, examinait le travail des jeunes filles, leur conseillait de s’y prendre d’une façon différente, critiquait l’arrangement du mobilier, relevait les négligences de la domestique et ne semblait accepter la collation qui lui était offerte que pour pouvoir déclarer a Mrs. Collins que sa table était trop abondamment servie pour le nombre de ses convives.