It did not occur to her that Ellen had looked down a vista of placid future years, all like the uneventful years of her own life, when she had taught her to be gentle and gracious, honorable and kind, modest and truthful.

• 思嘉也没有想过，爱伦当时所瞻望的是一个平静岁月的未来远景，就像她自己经历的太平年代那样，因此她教育思嘉要温柔善良，高尚厚道，谦虚诚实。