It is true she had adopted the same tone as Sappho, and, as in Sappho's case, two admirers followed her as if tied to her and devoured her with their eyes; one a young and the other an old man; but in her there was something superior to her surroundings, – she had the radiance of a real diamond among false stones.
Su estilo, eso sí, era el de Safo: como a Safo, la seguían, cual cosidos a ella, dos admiradores devorándola con los ojos, uno joven y otro viejo; pero había en Lisa algo superior a lo que la rodeaba; algo que era como el resplandor brillante de aguas puras entre un montón de vidrios vulgares. Aquel resplandor brotaba de sus hermosos ojos, verdaderamente enigmáticos.