But this attitude revealed a hidden tragedy—she had received too little of her mother's tenderness, which had been focused more on the two older girls, and the younger girl had withdrawn into herself. ###>Mais cette attitude dénote un drame intime: la tendresse maternelle, davantage concentrée sur les deux aînées, lui a trop manqué et la jeune fille s'est refermée sur elle-même.