He gave each one quiet kiss, said in a low tone a few words of welcome, stood a while to be talked to, and then, intimating that he supposed they would soon rejoin him in the parlour, withdrew there as to a place of refuge.
Egli dette alle sorelle un bacio calmo, mormorò qualche parola per augurar loro il ben tornato, e con un pretesto tornò in salotto a leggere.