Why, when a storm was raging within her and she felt that she was at a turning-point which might lead to terrible consequences – why she need, at that moment, dissemble before a stranger who sooner or later would know all about it, she did not know: but immediately calming the storm within her, she sat down again and began talking to the visitor.
Perché in quel momento, in cui nell’anima sua c’era tempesta ed ella sentiva d’essere a una svolta della vita che poteva avere orribili conseguenze, perché proprio in quel momento ella avesse bisogno di fingere davanti a un essere estraneo, che presto o tardi avrebbe pur saputo tutto, non lo sapeva; ma, calmata immediatamente in sé la tempesta interiore, si sedette e prese a parlare con l’ospite.