She had given birth to a boy some fifteen years before - a really handsome and lively child, she said - but he died of smallpox less than ten months after his birth.

• 她曾做过一次的产，十五六年以前了，养下一个男孩子，据她说，是一个极美丽又极聪明的婴儿，可是不到十个月，竟患了天花死去了。