-Bé, a mi em plauria, indi honrat; pero la tia Polly… Mireu, Jim volia fer-ho, pero ella no li ha volgut consentir. Sid també volia fer-ho, pero ella tampoc li ha volgut consentir.
"Ben, I'd like to, honest injun; but Aunt Polly--well, Jim wanted to do it, but she wouldn't let him; Sid wanted to do it, and she wouldn't let Sid.