Sometimes all, as with one consent, suspended their by-play to observe and listen to the principal actors: for, after all, Mr. Rochester and--because closely connected with him--Miss Ingram were the life and soul of the party.
Qualche volta tutti, come se si fossero data l’intesa, sospendevano la loro conversazione per osservare gli attori principali, cioè il signor Rochester e Bianca Ingram, che erano anima e centro della comitiva.