Too often she betrayed this, by the undue vent she gave to a spiteful antipathy she had conceived against little Adele: pushing her away with some contumelious epithet if she happened to approach her; sometimes ordering her from the room, and always treating her with coldness and acrimony.
Ella tradiva il suo carattere assai spesso dalla antipatia che dimostrava alla piccola Adele. Quando la bimba le si accostava, respingevala con un epiteto ingiurioso; talvolta le ordinava di uscire dalla stanza o la trattava sempre aspramente e duramente.