Long did the hours seem while I waited the departure of the company, and listened for the sound of Bessie's step on the stairs: sometimes she would come up in the interval to seek her thimble or her scissors, or perhaps to bring me something by way of supper--a bun or a cheese-cake--then she would sit on the bed while I ate it, and when I had finished, she would tuck the clothes round me, and twice she kissed me, and said, "Good night, Miss Jane."
Ella veniva talvolta a prendere il ditale e le forbici e a portarmi per cena qualche pezzo di pasticcio. Allora, mentre che io mangiavo, si sedeva accanto al letto, e quando avevo terminato mi copriva e dicevami, baciandomi due volte: "Buona notte, signorina Jane."