He lifted his hand and opened his eyelids; gazed blank, and with a straining effort, on the sky, and toward the amphitheatre of trees: one saw that all to him was void darkness.
Si fermò, non sapendo da qual lato volgere, stese la mano, sollevò le palpebre, guardò intorno a sé e facendo uno sforzo diresse gli occhi verso gli alberi e il cielo.