She played and sang; - and drew in almost every style; but steadiness had always been wanting; and in nothing had she approached the degree of excellence which she would have been glad to command, and ought not to have failed of.
Она играла и пела, она рисовала в самых различных стилях, однако во всем и всегда ей не хватало упорства, ни в чем не достигла она той степени совершенства, которой рада была бы и, казалось, непременно должна была бы достигнуть.