The invalid himself, washed and with his hair brushed, lay between clean sheets in a clean shirt, its white collar round his abnormally thin neck, gazing with a new look of hope at Kitty and not taking his eyes off her.
Lavado y peinado, entre las sábanas blancas y los almohadones mullidos, vistiendo la camisa limpia con cuello blanco del que salía su garganta delgadísima, el enfermo descansaba mirando a Kitty fijamente, con una expresión llena de renovada esperanza.