她认为，使用强壮的语言是脾气恶劣的迹象，对他人缺乏关注。这样的人并不是因为使用这种语言而不是聪明或大胆。每次他们张开嘴时，他们宣称我是一个言语贫穷的人。
(To use strong language, she thought, was a sign of bad temper and lack of concern for others. Such people were not clever or bold simply because they used such language; each time they opened their mouths they proclaimed I am a person who is poor in words.)