I should not shrink from you with disgust as I did from her: in your quiet moments you should have no watcher and no nurse but me; and I could hang over you with untiring tenderness, though you gave me no smile in return; and never weary of gazing into your eyes, though they had no longer a ray of recognition for me.
"Se foste calma, non avreste altro guardiano che me, vi saprei vegliare con infinita tenerezza; benché non potreste ricompensarmi con nessun sorriso, non mi stancherei di guardare i vostri occhi, anche se non mi riconoscessero.