His chief reward for the painful exertion of disclosing past sorrows and present humiliations, was given in the pitying eye with which Marianne sometimes observed him, and the gentleness of her voice whenever (though it did not often happen) she was obliged, or could oblige herself to speak to him.
La principal recompensa del coronel por el penoso esfuerzo de revelar sufrimientos pasados y humillaciones actuales, era la compasiva mirada con que Marianne solía observarlo y la dulzura de su voz siempre que se veía obligada (aunque ello no ocurría a menudo) o se obligaba a hablarle.