If he was absent from the room an hour, a perceptible dulness seemed to steal over the spirits of his guests; and his re-entrance was sure to give a fresh impulse to the vivacity of conversation.
Se il signor Rochester s'allontanava per un'ora soltanto, una specie d'intorpidimento impossessavasi degli ospiti, e, appena egli tornava, un nuovo e rumoroso impulso era dato alla conversazione.