Dolly looked with timid inquiry at his energetic face, which was now wholly and now partly in the sunlight that fell between the lime trees, and then was again darkened by their shadow. She waited for what more he would say; but he walked by her side in silence, prodding the gravel with his stick as he went.
Dar’ja Aleksandrovna guardava intimidita e interrogativa il viso energico di lui che, tutto o in parte, ora usciva in una striscia di sole fra l’ombra dei tigli, ora si oscurava di nuovo di ombra: e aspettava quello ch’egli avrebbe detto ancora, ma lui, urtando con un bastone nei ciottoli, camminava in silenzio accanto a lei.