Arriba a casa molt tard aquella nit; i, en enfilar-se cautament a la finestra, descobrí una emboscada en la persona de la seva tia; i quan ella veié l'estat en el qual es trobaven sos vestits, la seva resolució de convertir-li la festa del dissabte en captiveri i treballs forçats esdevingué d'una fermesa diamantina.
He got home pretty late that night, and when he climbed cautiously in at the window, he uncovered an ambuscade, in the person of his aunt; and when she saw the state his clothes were in her resolution to turn his Saturday holiday into captivity at hard labor became adamantine in its firmness.