In the clear embers I was tracing a view, not unlike a picture I remembered to have seen of the castle of Heidelberg, on the Rhine, when Mrs. Fairfax came in, breaking up by her entrance the fiery mosaic I had been piercing together, and scattering too some heavy unwelcome thoughts that were beginning to throng on my solitude.
La signora Fairfax m'interruppe e impedì al mio spirito di lasciarsi trascinare dagli opprimenti pensieri che già stavano per impossessarsi di lui.