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Por supuesto, ellos no están tratando de ser poco amables con él, pero tienen que enseñarle que no puede hacer solo lo que le agrada en la vida y aun así disfrutar del tipo de vida que quiere tener.
They are, of course, not trying to be unkind to him, but they have to teach him that he cannot merely do what he feels like doing throughout his life and still have the kind of life he wants to have.
En cuanto le habían dado su taza de café, se había sentado junto a Cordelia y a cada minuto que pasaba parecía cada vez más sonrosado y satisfecho, mientras ella iba adoptando la misma actitud que había tenido siempre en el escenario durante sus conciertos; se convirtió en una distante niña de ensueño, inconsciente de su propia belleza y atemorizada de que la gente pudiera ser poco amable con ella, ya que no parecía creer que nadie debiera serlo.
As soon as he had been given his coffee-cup he had sat down next to Cordelia, and had minute by minute grown more rosy and contented, while she had assumed the character which had been hers on the concert platform, and became a remote and dreaming child, unaware of her own loveliness, and terrified lest someone should be unkind to her, since, so far as she knew, she had no claim on the world’s kindness.
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