-Sí, i heu fet quelcom més que aixo- digué Joe l'Indi, atansant-se al doctor, que ara estava de peu dret. -Em vau treure, fa cinc anys, de la cuina del vostre pare, on avia anat a demanar alguna menja, i vau dir que no hi havia anat per cap bé; i quan vaig fer saber que me la pagaríeu, baldament passessin cent anys, el vostre pare em tanca a la preso per rodamón.
"Yes, and you done more than that," said Injun Joe, approaching the doctor, who was now standing. "Five years ago you drove me away from your father's kitchen one night, when I come to ask for something to eat, and you said I warn't there for any good; and when I swore I'd get even with you if it took a hundred years, your father had me jailed for a vagrant.