Lucy, who was hardly less anxious to please one parent than the other, thought the boys were both remarkably tall for their age, and could not conceive that there could be the smallest difference in the world between them; and Miss Steele, with yet greater address gave it, as fast as she could, in favour of each.
Lucy, que por ningún motivo quería complacer a una madre menos que a la otra, pensaba que los dos muchachitos eran notablemente altos para su edad, y no podía concebir que hubiera ni siquiera la menor diferencia entre ellos; y la señorita Steele, con mayor afán aún, se manifestó tan rápido como pudo a favor de cada uno de ellos.