It was as if there was something that she could not, and would not, make clear to herself, or as if, as soon as she began to speak about this matter, she, the real Anna, withdrew into herself and another woman appeared who was strange and alien to him, whom he feared and did not like, and who resisted him.
Pareva esserci qualcosa ch’ella non potesse o non volesse chiarire a se stessa, pareva che non appena se ne cominciava a parlare, lei, la vera Anna, se ne andasse chi sa in qual parte di sé, e venisse fuori un’altra donna strana, estranea a lui, ch’egli non amava, anzi temeva, e che gli opponeva resistenza.