I've often thought since, I might have done better by telling the old woman that I'd found her daughter and her grandchild: it would have suited my feelings better; I've got a soft place in my heart.

从那以后我经常想，如果我告诉老太婆我找到了她的女儿和她的孙子，我可能会做得更好：这会更符合我的感受；我心里有个柔软的地方。