She came and shook hand with me when she heard that I was her governess; and as I led her in to breakfast, I addressed some phrases to her in her own tongue: she replied briefly at first, but after we were seated at the table, and she had examined me some ten minutes with her large hazel eyes, she suddenly commenced chattering fluently.
Nel condurla a colazione le rivolsi alcune parole nella sua lingua, alle quali rispose brevemente, ma dopo, a tavola, mi fissò con i suoi occhietti castani e incominciò a ciarlare.