I could talk a while when the evening commenced, but the first gush of vivacity and fluency gone, I was fain to sit on a stool at Diana's feet, to rest my head on her knee, and listen alternately to her and Mary, while they sounded thoroughly the topic on which I had but touched.
Entonces me sentaba en un escabel, apoyaba la cabeza en las rodillas de Diana y oía alternativamente, a ella y a Mary, profundizar y glosar el tema que yo apenas había desflorado.