The effect produced by the Princess Myagkaya's words was always the same; and the secret of that effect lay in the fact that although she often – as at that moment – spoke not quite to the point, her words were simple and had a meaning.
El enorme efecto que producían infaliblemente las palabras de la Miágkaya consistía en que lo que decía, aunque no siempre muy oportuno, como ahora, eran siempre cosas sencillas y llenas de buen sentido.