For a while the bustle of people moving about disturbed her, and when the train had finally started it was impossible not to listen to the noises, then there was the snow, beating against the window on her left, to which it stuck, and the sight of the guard, who passed through the carriage closely wrapped up and covered with snow on one side; also the conversation about the awful snow-storm which was raging outside distracted her attention.
Le davano noia innanzi tutto il chiasso e l’andirivieni della gente; poi, quando il treno si mise in moto, non poté non prestare orecchio ai rumori, e la neve che picchiava sul finestrino di sinistra e si attaccava al vetro, la vista di un capotreno tutto imbacuccato che passava tutto ricoperto di neve da un lato solo, i discorsi sulla tormenta che infuriava distrassero la sua attenzione.