No family duties or professional tasks distracted them.Dorothy could ramble all day on the hills and sit up talking to Coleridge all night without being scolded by her aunt for unwomanly behaviour.

• 多萝西可以整天在山上闲逛，或者整晚上跟卡拉瑞聊天，再也不怕姨妈责骂她不像女孩家了。