Veu's aquí un triomf esplendorós: llur absencia era reparada; eren planguts; els cors es fendien per llur causa; les llagrimes anaven endoina; memories acusadores de dolenties comeses envers els pobres minyons perduts, anaven brollant, i hom s'abandonava a infructuoses recances i remordiment; i, sobretot, els desapareguts feien parlar tot el poblet i eren l'enveja de tots els minyons pel que es referia a aquesta notorietat enlluernadora.
Here was a gorgeous triumph; they were missed; they were mourned; hearts were breaking on their account; tears were being shed; accusing memories of unkindness to these poor lost lads were rising up, and unavailing regrets and remorse were being indulged; and best of all, the departed were the talk of the whole town, and the envy of all the boys, as far as this dazzling notoriety was concerned.