Status Updates From Washington Square

“...non solo essa sembrava incapace di dare sorprese, ma quasi ci si domandava se poteva mai averne avute, tanto era quieta, incolore e scialba. In generale la gente che si esprimeva francamente la chiamava stupida. Ma essa era scialba perché era timida, penosamente, dolorosamente timida. Pochi l'avevano capito, ed essa qualche volta poteva sembrare insensibile. In realtà era la più tenera creatura del mondo.”

solid 2 1/2, aber es gibt hier ja keine halben sterne. nicht unbedingt schlecht, aber halt auch nicht gut

"I have no doubt you are unhappy just now. But it is better to be unhappy for three months and get over it, than for many years and never get over it."

Mrs. Penniman's real hope was that the girl would make a secret marriage, at which she should officiate as brideswoman or duenna.

But she could at least be good, and if she were only good enough, Heaven would invent some way of reconciling all things—the dignity of her father's errors and the sweetness of her own confidence, the strict performance of her filial duties and the enjoyment of Morris Townsend's affection.