I cared not to drive a nail, or chop a stick of wood now, for fear the noise I might make should be heard: much less would I fire a gun for the same reason: and above all I was intolerably uneasy at making any fire, lest the smoke, which is visible at a great distance in the day, should betray me.
No me atrevía a clavar un clavo ni a cortar un trozo de leña por temor a hacer ruido; mucho menos, disparar un arma, por el mismo motivo y, sobre todo, me inquietaba hacer fuego, temiendo que el humo, visible a gran distancia, me traicionase.