'Please, please don't let us talk about it!' said he, sitting down again, conscious as he did so that a hope which he had thought dead and buried was waking and stirring within him.
— Vi prego, vi prego, non parliamo di questo — egli disse, sedendosi e sentendo nello stesso tempo che nel suo cuore si sollevava e s’agitava una speranza che gli era parsa sepolta.