I bethought myself, however, that, perhaps the skin of him might, one way or other, be of some value to us; and I resolved to take off his skin if I could. So Xury and I went to work with him; but Xury was much the better workman at it, for I knew very ill how to do it.
De pronto se me ocurrió que la piel del león podía servirnos de algo y decidí desollarlo si podía. Inmediatamente, nos pusimos a trabajar y Xury demostró ser mucho más diestro que yo en la labor, pues, en realidad, no tenía mucha idea de cómo realizarla.