When tea was over and Mrs. Fairfax had taken her knitting, and I had assumed a low seat near her, and Adele, kneeling on the carpet, had nestled close up to me, and a sense of mutual affection seemed to surround us with a ring of golden peace, I uttered a silent prayer that we might not be parted far or soon; but when, as we thus sat, Mr. Rochester entered, unannounced, and looking at us, seemed to take pleasure in the spectacle of a group so amicable--when he said he supposed the old lady was all right now that she had got her adopted daughter back again, and added that he saw Adele was "prete a croquer sa petite maman Anglaise"--I half ventured to hope that he would, even after his marriage, keep us together somewhere under the shelter of his protection, and not quite exiled from the sunshine of his presence.
Dopo aver preso il tè, mentre la signora Fairfax prendeva la calza, mi sedei su una seggiolina e Adele, inginocchiata sul tappeto si strinse a me; un sentimento di reciproco affetto pareva ci stringesse in un cerchio di aurea pace, e allora dal fondo del cuore pregai Iddio di non dividerci troppo presto. Stavamo così aggruppate quando il signor Rochester entrò senza farsi annunziare e parve lieto di vederci così unite; e disse alla signora Fairfax che gli pareva di aver ritrovata la sua figlia di adozione e aggiunse che vedeva Adele "prète a croquer sa petite maman anglaise.".