"Jane is not such a weakling as you would make her," he would say: "she can bear a mountain blast, or a shower, or a few flakes of snow, as well as any of us. Her constitution is both sound and elastic;--better calculated to endure variations of climate than many more robust."
«Jane n'est pas aussi faible que vous le prétendez, disait-il; elle peut supporter le vent de la montagne, la pluie ou la neige aussi bien que nous; sa constitution saine et élastique luttera mieux contre les variations du climat que d'autres plus fortes.»