My fingers had fastened on her hand which lay outside the sheet: had she pressed mine kindly, I should at that moment have experienced true pleasure. But unimpressionable natures are not so soon softened, nor are natural antipathies so readily eradicated. Mrs. Reed took her hand away, and, turning her face rather from me, she remarked that the night was warm.
J'avais pris sa main qui pendait hors du lit, et si à ce moment elle eût affectueusement pressé la mienne, j'en aurais été heureuse; mais les natures froides ne sont pas si facilement adoucies, ni les antipathies naturelles si vite détruites: Mme Reed retira sa main, et, éloignant son visage de moi, elle dit que la nuit était bien chaude.