Continence breaks its crust
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Toda a continência de sua vida monástica, todos os desejos violentos que o hábito tinha selado como uma crosta de gelo, todo esse sangue vigoroso e forte da mocidade, passada em vigílias e abstinências, refluíram ao coração e o sufocaram um momento.
All the continence of his monastic life, all the violent desires that the habit had sealed like a crust of ice, all that vigorous and strong blood of youth, spent in vigils and abstinences, flowed back to his heart and choked it for a moment.
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