The gardener saw with surprise that, though nothing had been pursuing them and there had been nothing to run away from, and they could not have found anything very blissful on that seat, they passed him on their way back to the house with quieted and beaming faces.
Il giardiniere si accorse con stupore, che, sebbene nulla li inseguisse e non ci fosse motivo alcuno di fuggire e sebbene nulla di particolarmente gioioso avessero potuto trovare sulla panchina — il giardiniere si accorse che tornavano a casa, passandogli accanto, con il viso rasserenato, luminoso.