Anna saw that he wanted to tell her something pleasant to himself about that affair, and by questioning she led him on to tell her all about it. With the same self-satisfied smile he told her about the ovations he had received on account of the enactment of that Statute.
Ana adivinó que su marido deseaba extenderse en pormenores que debían de ser satisfactorios para su amor propio y, mediante algunas preguntas hábiles, hizo que él le explicara, con una sonrisa de contento, que la aceptación de aquel proyecto había sido acompañada de una verdadera ovación en su honor.