The girl knew that her father and mother had quarrelled, and that her mother could not be cheerful, and also that her father must know this, so that his putting the question to her so lightly was all pretence, and she blushed for him.
La bambina sapeva che fra padre e madre c’era stata una certa questione e che la madre non poteva essere di buon umore; e il padre doveva saperlo, mentre ora fingeva, chiedendone con tanta disinvoltura. Arrossì per il padre.