Had kind fate but willed her to be born a gentlewoman of high degree in her own right and had she only received the benefit of a good education Gerty MacDowell might easily have held her own beside any lady in the land and have seen herself exquisitely gowned with jewels on her brow and patrician suitors at her feet vying with one another to pay their devoirs to her.
Patu bihozberak nahi izan balu maila handiko anderea jaio zedin bere eskubidez eta jaso izan balitu hezkuntza onaren onurak, aise ibiliko zen herrialdeko edozein andereren parean jantzi bikainak soinean eta bitxiak kopetan zituela, eta handiki-arteko gorteatzaileak izango zituzkeen nor baino nor beren errespetuak hari aurkezten bere oinetan.