"Well, Jane, being so, it was his resolution to keep the property together; he could not bear the idea of dividing his estate and leaving me a fair portion: all, he resolved, should go to my brother, Rowland. Yet as little could he endure that a son of his should be a poor man.
— Ebbene, Jane, mio padre non voleva dividere i suoi beni, non voleva ammettere che io potessi averne una parte. Egli aveva stabilito che dovessero appartenere a mio fratello, Rolando, eppure non poteva sopportare l'idea che l'altro suo figlio fosse povero.