After reading them , she had passed them to her mother , and sat playing with her tea - spoon absently , till with a sudden recollection she returned to her sewing , which she had kept on her lap during breakfast .
Прочитав их, она передала их матери и сидела, рассеянно играя чайной ложкой, пока с внезапным воспоминанием не вернулась к шитью, которое держала на коленях во время завтрака.