Dies war die Eigenart von Helens Gesprächsweise an diesem mir unvergeßlichem Abende; es war, als wolle ihr Geist sich beeilen, in einer kurzen Spanne Zeit ebenso voll und ganz zu leben, wie die meisten Menschen während eines langen Daseins.
Has a girl of fourteen a heart large enough, vigorous enough, to hold the swelling spring of pure, full, fervid eloquence? Such was the characteristic of Helen's discourse on that, to me, memorable evening; her spirit seemed hastening to live within a very brief span as much as many live during a protracted existence.