"Rebecca Thatcher" [Tom glanced at her face--it was white with terror]--"did you tear--no, look me in the face" [her hands rose in appeal]--"did you tear this book?"
-Rebeca Thatcher…- (Tom dona una llambregada a son rostre: era blanc de terror.) -Heu esquinçat… No, mireu-me la cara.- (Les mans d'ella se aixecaren en una invocació.) -Heu esquinçat aquest llibre?