She knew that his mother neither behaved to him so as to make his home comfortable at present, nor to give him any assurance that he might form a home for himself, without strictly attending to her views for his aggrandizement.
Ella sabía que el trato que la madre le daba no le proporcionaba un hogar confortable en la actualidad ni le daba seguridad alguna de que pudiera formar un hogar propio, si no se atenía estrictamente a las ideas que ella sustentaba sobre la importancia que él debía alcanzar.