Well might I dread, well might I dislike Mrs. Reed; for it was her nature to wound me cruelly; never was I happy in her presence; however carefully I obeyed, however strenuously I strove to please her, my efforts were still repulsed and repaid by such sentences as the above.
Jelenlétében soha nem éreztem magamat jól. Ha mégolyan alázatosan engedelmeskedtem is neki, ha mégannyira igyekeztem is kedvében járni, minden erőfeszítésem hasztalan volt, és legjobb szándékomat a fentiekhez hasonló kijelentésekkel jutalmazta.