The play-hour in the evening I thought the pleasantest fraction of the day at Lowood: the bit of bread, the draught of coffee swallowed at five o'clock had revived vitality, if it had not satisfied hunger: the long restraint of the day was slackened; the schoolroom felt warmer than in the morning--its fires being allowed to burn a little more brightly, to supply, in some measure, the place of candles, not yet introduced: the ruddy gloaming, the licensed uproar, the confusion of many voices gave one a welcome sense of liberty.
Il caffè e il pane, distribuiti alle cinque, senza calmare la fame, rianimavano la vitalità; cessava il lungo ritegno, la sala era più calda che la mattina, si alimentava meglio il fuoco per supplire alle candele non ancora accese. La pallida luce del caminetto, il rumore permesso, il vocìo, tutto insomma destava in noi una dolce sensazione di libertà.