As to his remark about his deserts, it was also not unnatural if you consider that he stood beside the dead body of his father, and that there is no doubt that he had that very day so far forgotten his filial duty as to bandy words with him, and even, according to the little girl whose evidence is so important, to raise his hand as if to strike him.
En cuanto a su comentario de que se lo merecía, no resulta tan extraño si se piensa que estaba junto al cadáver de su padre y que no cabe duda de que aquel mismo día había olvidado su respeto filial hasta el punto de reñir con él e incluso, según la muchacha cuyo testimonio es tan importante, de levantarle la mano como para pegarle.