This was wealth indeed!--wealth to the heart!--a mine of pure, genial affections. This was a blessing, bright, vivid, and exhilarating;--not like the ponderous gift of gold: rich and welcome enough in its way, but sobering from its weight.
¡Ésta sí que era riqueza, auténtica riqueza, riqueza del corazón, susceptible de producir la alegría y el entusiasmo, al contrario de la riqueza metálica!