Mrs Montagu, learned, respectable and rich, curled her lip at poor Laetitia Pilkington, who started writing for pure pleasure but was then forced to use her pen to keep afloat in a harsh world.

• 丽蒂茜娅早年涉足写作纯粹出于兴趣，到了博学正派又阔气的蒙塔古夫人冷语讥诮的时候，可怜的丽蒂茜娅已经困窘到只能靠写作在凉薄的人世谋生。