When she read how the heroine of the novel nursed a sick man, she wanted to move about the sick-room with noiseless footsteps; when she read of a member of Parliament making a speech, she wished to make that speech; when she read how Lady Mary rode to hounds, teased her sister-in-law, and astonished everybody by her boldness – she wanted to do it herself.
Si la heroína de su novela cuidaba a un enfermo, Ana habría deseado entrar ella misma con pasos suaves en la alcoba del paciente; si un miembro del Parlamento pronunciaba un discurso, Ana habría deseado pronunciarlo ella; si lady Mary galopaba tras su traílla, desesperando a su nuera y sorprendiendo a las gentes con su audacia, Ana habría deseado hallarse en su lugar.