And I was afraid, not for myself, but I was afraid that I was going to lose him, that he was going to sink into one of his states, and that I would ruin his relationship with the violin if I started talking about scales and arpeggios and other exciting forms of didactic violin pedagogy.
Dan saya takut, bukan takut akan diri saya, tapi saya takut kehilangan dia, takut jika dia akan tenggelam pada salah satu keadaan itu, dan saya akan menghancurkan hubungannya dengan biola, jika saya mulai membicarakan skala dan arpeggio dan hal-hal menarik lainnya dari pelajaran biola.