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Usage examples of fila.

Sometimes Fila used to tint it for her with extract of camomile, but now she has become fond of this brush of whitewash on her mass of fair hair, a touch of frivolity above a face slackened by impotence.

She is not aware that dusk has fallen and Fila is standing in the doorway, uncertain whether or not to come in.

She has given her three pairs of shoes, but Fila will not wear them, confident her long skirts that reach down to the dusty floor will hide her chapped and calloused heels.

Marianna tries to smile but Fila is so convinced she is going to be punished that she can only watch out for where the blow will come.

Discouraged, Marianna lets Fila run away hopping on the tips of her bare toes.

But the door opens and Innocenza comes in leading a reluctant and sullen Fila by the hand.

Meanwhile Fila has knelt down to help her take off her shoes, but Marianna is in a hurry and to make her understand that she will take them off herself she pushes her away with a small affectionate kick.

Marianna watches her while she talks to Fila, moving her lips with sensual grace.

She sees Fila take out a handkerchief and with it wipe the nose of the crying boy.

Now Fila seems to be pressing the boy with questions which he is unwilling to answer.

Then Fila throws herself on top of him and hits him vigorously, slapping him with the palm of her hand, on the nape of his neck and then on his cheek, finally battering his head with a storm of blows.

Marianna moves a few steps backwards, but Fila must have relit the candle because the light returns flickering in the doorway.

Now Fila is sitting on the bed with the boy and he is nestling close to her and leaning his head on her breast.

She does not notice that the door has opened and Fila is standing on the threshold looking at her.

She goes over to Fila with her arm raised, like a mistress who has discovered her servant with a stranger beneath her own roof.