"I have been more pained," said she, "by her endeavors to acquit him than by all the rest; for it irritates her mind more than the most perfect conviction of his unworthiness can do.
"Haar pogingen om hem vrij te spreken," zeide zij, "deden mij het allermeest verdriet; want zij doen haar meer kwaad dan de stelligste overtuiging van zijn onwaardigheid.