Suddenly he turned away, with an inarticulate exclamation, full of passionate emotion of some kind; he walked fast through the room and came back; he stooped towards me as if to kiss me; but I remembered caresses were now forbidden. I turned my face away and put his aside.
A un tratto si voltò gettando un grido inarticolato, pieno di appassionata commozione, percorse rapidamente la stanza e si fermò davanti a me come se volesse darmi un bacio, ma, rammentandomi che le sue carezze erano proibite, allontanai il viso e respinsi il suo. — Come!