The best fun was with Madame Joubert: Miss Wilson was a poor sickly thing, lachrymose and low- spirited, not worth the trouble of vanquishing, in short; and Mrs. Grey was coarse and insensible; no blow took effect on her.
"A madame Joubert specialmente ne abbiamo fatte delle belle. La signorina Wilson era una povera creatura malata e triste e non meritava che ci dessimo pena per ravvivarla, la signora Grey era dura e insensibile e nulla faceva presa su di lei, ma madame Joubert!