At the same time the severity with which he had treated her lulled the sharpness of his regret for his mother, and awoke some of his old solicitude for his mother's supplanter.

同时，他待她的那份严厉减轻了他对母亲去世深感内疚的痛楚，又唤醒了他对这位取代他母亲的人旧日的一些挂念。