Bessie answered not; but ere long, addressing me, she said--"You ought to be aware, Miss, that you are under obligations to Mrs. Reed: she keeps you: if she were to turn you off, you would have to go to the poorhouse."
Bessie non rispose, ma poco dopo, rivolgendosi a me, disse: — Non sapete, signorina, che dovete tutto alla signora Reed? Vi tiene presso di sé, ma se vi mandasse via, dovreste andare in un ricovero di mendicità.