-Tom, em pensava que m'estimaveu el que calia per a fer-ho- digué la tia Polly amb un to dolorit que angunia al minyó. -Sempre hauria estat alguna cosa que jo us hagués importat a bastament per a pensar-hi, encara que no ho haguéssiu fet.
"Tom, I hoped you loved me that much," said Aunt Polly, with a grieved tone that discomforted the boy. "It would have been something if you'd cared enough to _think_ of it, even if you didn't _do_ it."