After supper, he began to ask me many questions, of where I had been, what I had been doing, how I had found him out; but I gave him only very partial replies: it was too late to enter into particulars that night.
Dopo cena mi fece molte domande per sapere dov'ero stata, che cosa avevo fatto, e come lo avevo trovato; gli celai in parte la verità, perché non volevo far vibrare troppo il suo cuore, né suscitare in lui commozioni troppo violente.