Feia tot el que podia per evitar que el vell assolís la més petita clarícia de quí podia ésser l'espanyol; i tanmateix la seva llengua semblava determinada a ficar-lo en trencacolls, a desgrat de tot el que ell pogués intentar.
He was trying his best to keep the old man from getting the faintest hint of who the Spaniard might be, and yet his tongue seemed determined to get him into trouble in spite of all he could do.