I looked up at him: he shunned my eye. I knew his thoughts well, and could read his heart plainly; at the moment I felt calmer and cooler than he: I had then temporarily the advantage of him, and I conceived an inclination to do him some good, if I could.
Ero calma, avevo sul pastore un vantaggio momentaneo, e volli profittarne per fargli del bene, parlandogli di Rosmunda.