Often when watching her children she made great efforts to convince herself that she was mistaken, that being their mother she was not impartial; and yet she could not help telling herself that they were charming children, all the six, each in his or her own way, all of them such as are rarely to be met with; and she was happy in them and proud of them.
Spesso, guardando i figli, faceva tutti gli sforzi possibili per convincersi che si sbagliava, che come madre era parziale verso di loro; tuttavia non poteva non dirsi che aveva dei bambini deliziosi, tutti e sei, tutti così diversi, ma come non è facile trovarne, e ne era felice e orgogliosa.