But she knew that this insincerity was the outcome of his affection for his brother, of a sense of shame at his own excessive happiness, and especially of that desire to improve which never left him; she loved this in him, and therefore smiled.
Sabía que esta falta de sinceridad procedía del cariño a su hermano, de una especie de vergüenza de ser demasiado feliz y, sobre todo, de su deseo constante de ser mejor.