'If they only knew,' he thought, bowing his head gravely as he listened to a Report, 'how like a guilty little boy their President was half-an-hour ago!...' and his eyes sparkled while the Report was being read.
«Se sapessero — pensava chinando la testa con aria d’importanza nell’ascoltare il rapporto — che ragazzo colpevole era mezz’ora fa il loro capo!». E gli occhi gli ridevano alla lettura del rapporto.