I la gaudia; que, per intensament que les mans de Tom sentissin la pruija d'arrapissar-la, no ho gosaven escometre: ell creia que la seva anima seria immediatament estenallada si feia semblant cosa mentre la pregaria durés.
As indeed it was; for as sorely as Tom's hands itched to grab for it they did not dare--he believed his soul would be instantly destroyed if he did such a thing while the prayer was going on.