During the time they had been parted and under the influence of that gush of love which she had felt for him of late she had always imagined him as a little fellow of four, the age when she had loved him best.
Во время разлуки с ним и при том приливе любви, который она испытывала все это последнее время, она воображала его четырехлетним мальчиком, каким она больше всего любила его.