"She was kept in very close confinement, ma'am: people even for some years was not absolutely certain of her existence. No one saw her: they only knew by rumour that such a person was at the Hall; and who or what she was it was difficult to conjecture.
-La guardaban con riguroso secreto, así que durante muchos años la gente no estaba segura de que esa señora existiera, aunque se rumoreaba que sí. Desde luego, no se sabía quién era.