When I was a little girl, only six years old, I one night heard Bessie Leaven say to Martha Abbot that she had been dreaming about a little child; and that to dream of children was a sure sign of trouble, either to one's self or one's kin. The saying might have worn out of my memory, had not a circumstance immediately followed which served indelibly to fix it there.
Teniendo apenas seis años, oí una noche comentar a Bessie Leaven y Martha Abbot que la primera había soñado con un niño pequeño y que soñar con niños es signo seguro de desgracia, o para uno mismo o para otros.