They might have said, as I have no doubt they thought, that they had believed me to be without any friends save them: for, indeed, I had often said so; but, with their true natural delicacy, they abstained from comment, except that Diana asked me if I was sure I was well enough to travel. I looked very pale, she observed.
Esse avrebbero potuto osservare che non avevo amici all'infuori di loro, come avevo sempre assicurato, ma se vi pensarono non lo dissero e con la loro solita delicatezza non mi fecero nessuna osservazione. Diana sola mi domandò se mi sentivo abbastanza bene per viaggiare, perché ero pallida.