She recognized and yet did not quite recognize his bare legs, now so big; which he had freed from the blanket, and his cheeks, now grown thinner, and the short locks of hair at the back of his head where she had so often kissed him.
Riconosceva e non riconosceva le sue gambe nude, così grandi ora che si erano liberate della coperta, riconosceva quelle guance smagrite, quei ricci tagliati, corti sulla nuca, dove ella lo baciava tanto spesso.