She was not a girl just come out, for whom all faces at a ball blend into one fairy-like vision; nor was she a girl who had been dragged from ball to ball till all the faces were familiar to dullness. She was between those two extremes, and though elated was able to control herself sufficiently to be observant.
Non era entrata in società da così poco tempo che al ballo tutti i visi potessero fondersi in un’unica estatica visione; non ne era neppure un’assidua frequentatrice alla quale tutti i visi potessero essere così noti da poterne ricevere noia; era nel giusto mezzo: animata, ma nello stesso tempo padrona di sé tanto da poter osservare.