He did not undress, but paced up and down with his even step on the resounding parquet floor of the dining-room, which was lit by one lamp, over the carpet of the dark drawing-room, where a light was reflected only from a recently painted portrait of himself which hung above the sofa, and on through her sitting-room, where two candles were burning, lighting up the portraits of her relatives and friends and the elegant knick-knacks, long familiar to him, on her writing-table.
Senza essersi spogliato, andava avanti e indietro, con passo eguale, sul pavimento di legno scricchiolante della sala da pranzo illuminata da un’unica lampada, sul tappeto del salotto oscuro in cui la luce si rifletteva solo sul suo grande ritratto fatto da poco, appeso sopra il divano, e attraverso lo studiolo di lei, dove ardevano due candele che davan luce ai ritratti dei parenti e delle amiche e agli oggetti belli della scrivania a lui così noti da tempo.