I sometimes regretted that I was not handsomer; I sometimes wished to have rosy cheeks, a straight nose, and small cherry mouth; I desired to be tall, stately, and finely developed in figure; I felt it a misfortune that I was so little, so pale, and had features so irregular and so marked.
Szerettem volna, ha arcom rózsás, ha az orrom egyenes, a szájam pici cseresznyeszáj. Szerettem volna magas és formás lenni, nem ilyen kicsi és vézna.