He waited impatiently to hear that she was married or was getting married soon, hoping that such news, like the drawing of an aching tooth, would quite cure him.
Esperaba con impaciencia la noticia de que ésta se hubiese casado o fuese a casarse en breve, confiando que, como la extracción de una muela, el mismo dolor de la noticia había de curarle. Entre tanto llegó la primavera.