I had often been unwilling to look at my master, because I feared he could not be pleased at my look; but I was sure I might lift my face to his now, and not cool his affection by its expression.
Souvent je m'étais efforcée de ne pas regarder mon maître, craignant que ma figure ne lui déplût: aujourd'hui je pouvais lever mon regard jusqu'à lui sans avoir peur de refroidir son amour par l'expression de mon visage.