And as soon as those words were spoken, both he and she understood that all was over, and that what ought to have been said would not be said, and their excitement, having reached its climax, began to subside.
Y, después de pronunciar estas palabras, comprendieron ambos que todo había terminado, que lo que debía decirse no se diría. Y su mutua emoción, que había alcanzado su punto máximo, empezó a calmarse.