| 1. | " no , maximilian , i am not offended , " answered she , " but do you not see what a poor , helpless being i am , almost a stranger and an outcast in my father s house , where even he is seldom seen ; whose will has been thwarted , and spirits broken , from the age of ten years , beneath the iron rod so sternly held over me ; oppressed , mortified , and persecuted , day by day , hour by hour , minute by minute , no person has cared for , even observed my sufferings , nor have i ever breathed one word on the subject save to yourself
因为我父亲对我几乎就象一个陌生人。我的心早已碎了，自从我十岁那年起，每一天，每一小时，每一分钟，我都在忍受着那些铁石心肠般的压迫我的人折磨。谁都不了解我所受的痛苦，而除了你之外，我也不曾对别人讲过，外表上，在一般人的眼里，我的一切都很顺利，每个人对我都很体贴，但实际上，每个人都是我的仇敌。 |
