As I pass it, I feel as if I saw a dear old mother, sweet in her weakness, trembling at the approach of her dissolution, but not appealing to me against the inevitable, rather endeavouring to reassure me by her patience, and pointing to a hopeful future.

当我走过它的时候，我觉得自己仿佛看到了一位慈祥的老母亲，她虽然虚弱得很可爱，但一想到自己就要垮掉，她就浑身发抖，但她并没有向我呼吁说这是不可避免的，而是竭力用她的耐心来安慰我，并指给我一个充满希望的未来。