She found that she had been misled by the careful, the considerate attention of her daughter, to think the attachment, which once she had so well understood, much slighter in reality, than she had been wont to believe, or than it was now proved to be.
Zij begreep, dat hare dochter, door zoo zorgvuldig haar gevoel te sparen, haar ertoe had gebracht, de genegenheid, die zij eens zoo wel had begrepen, van veel minder beteekenis te achten dan zij vroeger placht te gelooven, of dan deze thans bleek te zijn.