Now, when he was asleep, she loved him so that she could not restrain tears of tenderness while looking at him; but she knew that if he were to wake he would look at her with a cold expression, conscious of his own integrity, and that before telling him of her love she must prove to him that he was to blame toward her.
Adesso, quando dormiva, lo amava tanto che nel vederlo non poteva trattenere le lacrime di tenerezza; ma sapeva che, svegliandosi, l’avrebbe guardata con uno sguardo freddo, cosciente di aver ragione, e che, prima di parlargli del proprio amore, ella non avrebbe potuto non dimostrargli come egli fosse colpevole dinanzi a lei.