According to the ideas of the time, which did not permit a young woman to offer her sentiments on any subject of importance unless required to do so, Lucy was bound to appear ignorant of the meaning of all that had passed betwixt Alice and her father.
Eftir nútíðarfatan, sum ikki loyvdi einari ungari kvinnu at hava eina áskoðan um nakað týðandi, uttan so at hon var biðin, var Lucy noydd at lætast vera óvitandi um alt tað, ið var farið fram millum Alice og pápan.