The whole of her life, all her desires and hopes, were concentrated on this one man, still incomprehensible to her, to whom she was bound by a feeling – even more incomprehensible than the man himself – which now attracted and now repelled her. Meantime she went on living under the conditions of her old life and was horrified at herself, at her utter and unconquerable indifference to all her past, the things, habits, and people who had loved and still loved her, to her mother who was hurt by her indifference, to her dear, affectionate father whom she had previously loved more than anyone else on earth.
Y toda ella, sus anhelos y sus esperanzas se concentraban en aquel hombre a quien aún no comprendía, al que le unía un sentimiento menos comprensible aún que el hombre en sí, un sentimiento que ora la repelía ora la atraía y le inspiraba una completa indiferencia hacia su vida anterior: las cosas, las costumbres, las personas que antes la querían como ahora y a quienes ella quería también; indiferencia hacia su madre, entristecida por aquel sentimiento, hacia su querido padre, tan bueno, a quien antes amara más que a nada en el mundo.