The house cleared, I shut myself in, fastened the bolt that none might intrude, and proceeded--not to weep, not to mourn, I was yet too calm for that, but--mechanically to take off the wedding dress, and replace it by the stuff gown I had worn yesterday, as I thought, for the last time.
Corrí el cerrojo y procedí -sin lágrimas ni lamentos- a sustituir en mis maletas las ropas de boda por mis antiguos vestidos.