If there were only Ellen, someone older than she, wiser and unweary, to whom she could go! Someone in whose lap she could lay her head, someone on whose shoulders she could rest her burdens!

只要在，或者能找到一个比年纪大，比更加聪而又不知疲倦的女人，该多好啊！要是有个人可以头钻进怀里，自己身上的担子挪到肩上，该多好啊！