As she said this, she approached her tall person and ample garments so near the window, that I was obliged to bend back almost to the breaking of my spine: in her eagerness she did not observe me at first, but when she did, she curled her lip and moved to another casement.
Nel dir questo si accostò, senza badare a me, alla finestra, ed io, per non essere urtata, dovetti prontamente, per farle posto, gettarmi da un lato.