Like all fathers, the old Prince was extremely punctilious where his daughters' purity and honour were concerned; he was unreasonably jealous especially about Kitty, his favourite, and at every step reproached the Princess with compromising her daughter.
Como todos los padres, el viejo Príncipe era muy celoso del honor y pureza de sus hijas, y sobre todo de Kitty, su predilecta, y a cada momento armaba escándalos a la Princesa, acusándola de comprometer a la joven.