Bessie answered not; but ere long, addressing me, she said--"You ought to be aware, Miss, that you are under obligations to Mrs. Reed: she keeps you: if she were to turn you off, you would have to go to the poorhouse."
Bessie no contestó, pero se dirigió a mí y me dijo: -Debe usted comprender, señorita, que está bajo la dependencia de Mrs. Reed, que es quien la mantiene.