Anybody may blame me who likes, when I add further, that, now and then, when I took a walk by myself in the grounds; when I went down to the gates and looked through them along the road; or when, while Adele played with her nurse, and Mrs. Fairfax made jellies in the storeroom, I climbed the three staircases, raised the trap-door of the attic, and having reached the leads, looked out afar over sequestered field and hill, and along dim sky-line--that then I longed for a power of vision which might overpass that limit; which might reach the busy world, towns, regions full of life I had heard of but never seen--that then I desired more of practical experience than I possessed; more of intercourse with my kind, of acquaintance with variety of character, than was here within my reach.
Avrei dovuto esser contenta, eppure quando passeggiavo sola, quando guardava la strada attraverso il cancello, oppure quando non dovendo occuparmi di Adele salivo sulla terrazza, quando infine i miei occhi potevano seguire i campi, le colline, la linea scura dell'orizzonte, desideravo di avere il potere di conoscere ciò che vi era al di là di quei limiti, in quelle città animate di cui avevo sentito parlare, ma che non avevo mai veduto.