As to Mr. St John, the intimacy which had arisen so naturally and rapidly between me and his sisters did not extend to him. One reason of the distance yet observed between us was, that he was comparatively seldom at home: a large proportion of his time appeared devoted to visiting the sick and poor among the scattered population of his parish.
L'intimità che si era presto stabilita fra le signorine Rivers e me, non si era comunicata a Saint-John, forse perché stava poco in casa, dedicando egli una gran parte di tempo nel visitare i poveri e i malati della sua parrocchia.