Two thin hands, joined under the forehead, and supporting it, drew up before the lower features a sable veil, a brow quite bloodless, white as bone, and an eye hollow and fixed, blank of meaning but for the glassiness of despair, alone were visible.
Due mani sottili coprivano con un velo la parte inferiore del volto, del quale non scorgevasi altro che una fronte pallida e due occhi incavati e desolati.