His mother moved him away from her, to see whether he really believed what he was saying; and in the frightened look on his face she saw not only that he was speaking about his father, but that he was, as it were, asking her what he ought to think of him.
La madre lo allontanò da sé, per capire s’egli pensava quello che diceva, e nell’espressione spaventata del viso di lui, lesse che non solo parlava del padre, ma le chiedeva cosa avrebbe dovuto pensare di lui.