Mary did look up, and she did stare at me: the ladle with which she was basting a pair of chickens roasting at the fire, did for some three minutes hang suspended in air; and for the same space of time John's knives also had rest from the polishing process: but Mary, bending again over the roast, said only--
Per alcuni momenti tenne alzato il cucchiaio di cui servivasi per ungere un paio di polli che cuocevano allo spiedo, e John cessò di lustrare i coltelli. Alla fine Maria, chinandosi sull'arrosto, mi disse soltanto: