Old times crowded fast back on me as I watched her bustling about--setting out the tea-tray with her best china, cutting bread and butter, toasting a tea-cake, and, between whiles, giving little Robert or Jane an occasional tap or push, just as she used to give me in former days. Bessie had retained her quick temper as well as her light foot and good looks.
I ricordi dell'infanzia mi assalirono allorché la vidi affaccendarsi intorno a me, per servirmi il tè nelle migliori tazze che avesse, per prepararmi i crostini imburrati e i biscotti, dando di tanto in tanto un lieve scappellotto al suo bambino maggiore, come soleva con me nei tempi passati.