The chief thing was to hinder these plunderers from reaching the plateau, for the garden and the poultry-yard would then have been at their mercy, and immense, perhaps irreparable mischief, would inevitably be the result, especially with regard to the corn-field.
Lo que importaba era impedirles subir a la meseta de la Gran Vista, porque entonces las plantaciones y el corral habrían quedado a merced suya e inevitablemente habrían producido estragos inmensos, tal vez irreparables, sobre todo en lo que se refería al campo de trigo.