Poques vegades o mai no mirava a través d'elles per una cosa tan petita com és un noi, perque les ulleres eren de cerimonia, i l'orgull de son cor, i cavalcaven per gala i no pas per servei: igual hauria pogut veure a través d'un parell de tapadores d'estufa.
She seldom or never looked _through_ them for so small a thing as a boy; they were her state pair, the pride of her heart, and were built for "style," not service--she could have seen through a pair of stove-lids just as well.