"I was afraid you would think I was taking a great liberty with you," said she, "in telling you all this. I have not known you long to be sure, personally at least, but I have known you and all your family by description a great while; and as soon as I saw you, I felt almost as if you was an old acquaintance.
"Ik was al bang," zei ze, "dat u het nogal vrijpostig van mij zou vinden, dat ik u dit alles vertelde. 't Is waar, ik ken u nog niet lang, persoonlijk ten minste, maar uit beschrijvingen heb ik u en uw familie al héél lang gekend, en zoodra ik u zag, kreeg ik bijna 't gevoel alsof wij oude vrienden waren.