and although she knew well how little words can do against the power of passion, yet she knew, too, the sure though slow influence of thought and reflection, and therefore missed no opportunity of inducing Ottilie to talk with her on every variety of subject.
eta nahiz eta sobera jakin hitzez ez dela gauza handirik lortzen grina deliberatu baten kontra; ezagutzen zuen, halere, kontzientziaren gogoeta-ahalmena eta Ottiliarekiko elkarrizketan puntu asko ukitzen zituen.