If there were only Ellen, someone older than she, wiser and unweary, to whom she could go! Someone in whose lap she could lay her head, someone on whose shoulders she could rest her burdens!

只爱伦还在，或者她一个比爱伦年纪大，比她更加聪而又不知疲倦的女人，该多好啊！有个人可以让她把头钻进怀里，让她把自己身上的担子挪她肩上，该多好啊！