Yet in spite of this he felt that though at first while his love was strong he would have been able, had he earnestly desired it, to pull that love out of his heart – yet now when he imagined, as he did at that moment, that he felt no love for her, he knew that the bond between them could not be broken.
Malgrado questo, sentiva che allora, quando l’amore era più violento, egli avrebbe potuto, se l’avesse voluto fermamente, strapparlo quell’amore dal proprio cuore, ma adesso, quando, come in questo momento, gli pareva di non sentire più amore per lei, egli avvertiva che questo legame non poteva più essere spezzato.