Only the thorough training she had had enabled and obliged her to do what was expected of her, that is, to dance, to answer the questions put to her, to talk, and even to smile.
Soltanto la severa educazione ricevuta la sosteneva e l’obbligava a fare quello che da lei si pretendeva, cioè ballare, rispondere alle domande, parlare, sorridere persino.