It was very well known that no affection was ever supposed to exist between the children of any man by different marriages; and why was he to ruin himself, and their poor little Harry, by giving away all his money to his half sisters?
Era bien sabido que no se podía esperar ninguna clase de afecto entre los hijos de distintos matrimonios de un hombre; y, ¿por qué habían de arruinarse, él y su pobrecito Harry, regalándoles a sus medias hermanas todo su dinero?