Ottilie herself, partly from this remarkable affinity, perhaps still more under the influence of that sweet woman's feeling which makes them regard with the most tender affection the offspring, even by another, of the man they love, was as good as a mother to the little creature as it grew, or rather, she was a second mother of another kind.
Ahaidetasun aparteko honek eta agian emakumeek izaten duten sentipen eder horrek gidaturik, zeina izaten baita gizon maitatuaren haurra besarkatzea, nahiz eta beste batena izan, Ottilia, haur harentzat, bere garapenean, bigarren ama izan zen edo, hobeki esateko, beste ama-mota bat.