As soon as she had gone out he heard the sound of very, very rapid light steps on the parquet floor, and his joy, his life, his own self, the best in himself, that which he had sought and yearned for so long, advanced very, very rapidly towards him.
Alig, hogy eltűnt, a parkettán szapora és könnyed léptek hallatszottak, s a boldogsága, az élete, ő maga, lényének a jobbik része, az, a mit oly hosszú idő óta keresett, a mire oly régóta vágyott, gyorsan, szaporán közeledett.