Becky cried, and Tom tried to think of some way of comforting her, but all his encouragements were grown thread-bare with use, and sounded like sarcasms.
Becky plorava, i Tom feia per manera que se li acudís algun altre estil de reconfortar-la; pero tots sos encoratjaments s'havien esfilagarsat amb l'ús, i sonaven com a sarcasmes.