Mrs. Fairfax seemed to think it necessary that some one should be amiable, and she began to talk. Kindly, as usual--and, as usual, rather trite--she condoled with him on the pressure of business he had had all day; on the annoyance it must have been to him with that painful sprain: then she commended his patience and perseverance in going through with it.
La signora Fairfax credè che qualcuno almeno dovesse essere amabile, e incominciò a parlare dolcemente, ma volgarmente come al solito, compiangendolo per il tanto da fare che aveva avuto nella giornata e per il dolore che doveva soffrire, esortandolo alla pazienza.