She was not abnormally deficient, and she mustered learning enough to acquit herself respectably in conversation with her contemporaries, among whom it must be avowed, however, that she occupied a secondary place.
她并没有异常的缺陷, 而且她积累了足够的学识, 可以在与同时代人的交谈中表现
体面, 但必须承认, 在他们中间, 她占据了次要的位置。