Well might I dread, well might I dislike Mrs. Reed; for it was her nature to wound me cruelly; never was I happy in her presence; however carefully I obeyed, however strenuously I strove to please her, my efforts were still repulsed and repaid by such sentences as the above.
Por mucho que hubiera deseado agradar a mi tía, frases como aquélla, frecuentemente repetidas, me impedían hacerlo.