van gogh painting

¡¡¡¡One thing troubled me much, after we had fallen into this quiet train. It was, that Dora seemed by one consent to be regarded like a pretty toy or plaything. My aunt, with whom she gradually became familiar, always called her Little Blossom; and the pleasure of Miss Lavinia's life was to wait upon her, curl her hair, make ornaments for her, and treat her like a pet child. What Miss Lavinia did, her sister did as a matter of course. It was very odd to me; but they all seemed to treat Dora, in her degree, much as Dora treated Jip in his. ¡
¡¡¡I made up my mind to speak to Dora about this; and one day when we were out walking (for we were licensed by Miss Lavinia, after a while, to go out walking by ourselves), I said to her that I wished she could get them to behave towards her differently. ¡¡¡¡'Because you know, my darling,' I remonstrated, 'you are not a child.' ¡¡¡¡'There!' said Dora. 'Now you're going to be cross!' ¡¡¡¡'Cross, my love?' ¡¡¡¡'I am sure they're very kind to me,' said Dora, 'and I am very happy -'