Vinicius began to pass his hand over his head, as if struggling with himself or fighting with his thoughts; then, seizing Lygia by the hand, he said, in a voice in which the energy of a Roman soldier was quivering,--
Vinicius végigsimította haját, mintha önmagával harcolna, vagy gondolataival tusakodnék, aztán megragadta Lygia kezét, s hangjában a római katona erélyével szólalt meg: