She was trying to do what she had attempted ten times already during those three days, to sort out her own and her children's clothes to take to her mother's; but she could not bring herself to do it, and said again as she had done after each previous attempt, that things could not remain as they were – that she must do something to punish and humiliate him, and to revenge herself if only for a small part of the pain he had caused her.
Aveva tentato proprio allora di fare quello che aveva tentato già dieci volte in quei tre giorni: preparare la roba sua e dei bambini per trasportarla dalla madre, ma poi, di nuovo, non aveva saputo decidersi: eppure anche ora, come le altre volte, diceva a se stessa che così non poteva durare, che doveva fare qualcosa, punirlo, svergognarlo, vendicarsi almeno in minima parte del male che le aveva fatto.