Álvaro, sad but consoled
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Álvaro, deixando Cecília, voltara triste e sentido da recusa que sofrera, embora o consolasse a sua última palavra, e sobretudo o sorriso que a acompanhou.
Álvaro, leaving Cecília, had gone back sad and stung by the refusal he had suffered, though her last word consoled him, and above all the smile that went with it.
Álvaro, leaving Cecília, had gone back sad and stung by the refusal he had suffered, though her last word consoled him, and above all the smile that went with it.
Now the second line: Álvaro's. His is the suitor's honest melancholy — hurt but hopeful, clinging to a smile. Set beside Loredano's cold vigil, his sadness marks the moral gulf between the two men aimed at the same window.
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