That Sir Henry should have been exposed to this is, I must confess, a reproach to my management of the case, but we had no means of foreseeing the terrible and paralyzing spectacle which the beast presented, nor could we predict the fog which enabled him to burst upon us at such short notice.
At sir Henry ble utsatt for dette, må jeg tilstå at jeg betrakter som en feil ved min befatning med saken, men vi kunne jo ikke forutse hva for et fryktelig og lamslående syn dyret frembød, og heller ikke kunne vi forutsette tåken, som gjorde det mulig at overfalle oss med så knapt varsel.