He did not abstain from conversing with me: he even called me as usual each morning to join him at his desk; and I fear the corrupt man within him had a pleasure unimparted to, and unshared by, the pure Christian, in evincing with what skill he could, while acting and speaking apparently just as usual, extract from every deed and every phrase the spirit of interest and approval which had formerly communicated a certain austere charm to his language and manner.
Non evitava di parlare con me; anzi, ogni mattina mi chiamava, e credo che l'uomo corrotto che era in lui provasse un piacere, che non divideva il puro cristiano, a mostrare con quanta abilità poteva, parlando e operando come al solito, togliere a ogni parola e a ogni atto l'attrattiva e l'interesse che vi poneva prima.