He was terrified at the very thought of that, and, so as not to admit to his head a shade even of threat, he began to lash his horse again, especially since the white walls of Aricia, which lay midway to Rome, gleamed up before him in the moonlight.
Már a puszta gondolatától is megijedt, hogy a fenyegetésnek akárcsak az árnyékát is magához engedje férkőzni, s ismét verni kezdte a lovat, annál inkább, mert a félúton levő Aricia fehér falai már megvillantak előtte a hold fényében.