They were ladies of lofty ambition, who for that reason were incapable of taking the least interest in what might be called the 'pinchbeck' things of life, even when they had an historic value, or, generally speaking, in anything that was not directly associated with some object aesthetically precious.
Goi-arnasazko asmodun pertsonak izaki beraiek, eta, beraz, ele-mele esan ohi zaion zer horretaz, nahiz eta interes historikoduna izan, inola ere ezin interesa zitezkeenak, ezta, oro har, estetikarekin edo bertutearekin zuzenean loturarik ez zuèn ezertaz ere.