'To go, or not to go?' he asked himself; and his inner consciousness answered that he ought not to go: that it could only result in hypocrisy; that it was impossible to restore their relations because it was impossible to render her attractive and capable of exciting love, or to turn him into an old man incapable of love. Nothing except hypocrisy and falsehood could now result – and these were repugnant to his nature.
«¿Iré o no?» En su interior una voz le decía que no, que nada podía resultar sino fingimientos, ya que era imposible volver a convertir a su esposa en una mujer atractiva, capaz de enamorarle, como era imposible convertirle a él en un viejo incapaz de sentirse atraído por las mujeres hermosas.