Having spread the quilt and folded my night-dress, I went to the window-seat to put in order some picture-books and doll's house furniture scattered there; an abrupt command from Georgiana to let her playthings alone (for the tiny chairs and mirrors, the fairy plates and cups, were her property) stopped my proceedings; and then, for lack of other occupation, I fell to breathing on the frost-flowers with which the window was fretted, and thus clearing a space in the glass through which I might look out on the grounds, where all was still and petrified under the influence of a hard frost.
Volli metterli in ordine, ma Georgiana mi ordinò duramente di non toccar la roba sua. Essendo disoccupata, accostai le labbra ai fiori di ghiaccio che appannavano i cristalli e presto riuscii a guardare fuori della finestra.