Tom romangué aturat un moment per aplegar les seves facultats disperses; i quan avança per adreçar-se al castig, la sorpresa, la gratitud, l'adoració que feren resplendir al seu damunt els ulls de la pobre Becky, semblaven paga abastament per cent fueteigs.
Tom stood a moment, to gather his dismembered faculties; and when he stepped forward to go to his punishment the surprise, the gratitude, the adoration that shone upon him out of poor Becky's eyes seemed pay enough for a hundred floggings.