The girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the children.

那个女孩的慈母之心使她成为照顾孩子们的难得人选。

She was a lady in her fifties, with sensibly cut white-blonde hair and a pair of plastic-framed spectacles. There was about her a pervading air of kindness and motherliness.

她五十多岁，一头浅色金发修剪得恰到好处，戴着一副胶框眼镜，周身散发出一种和善、慈爱的气息。