In consequence, the higher circles and even Society became quite confused and, though everybody was deeply interested in the question, no one could make out whether the subject-races were really suffering and perishing or were flourishing.
In seguito a ciò, nelle alte sfere e persino nei salotti si confuse tutto e, malgrado questo interessasse estremamente tutti, nessuno riusciva a capire se gli allogeni fossero realmente nella miseria e perissero o se prosperassero.