In this season I was much surprised with the increase of my family; I had been concerned for the loss of one of my cats, who ran away from me, or, as I thought, had been dead, and I heard no more tidings of her till, to my astonishment, she came home about the end of August with three kittens.
En este tiempo tuve la sorpresa de ver aumentada mi familia. Estaba preocupado por la desaparición de una de mis gatas que, supuse, se había escapado o había muerto, pues no volví a saber de ella, cuando, para mi asombro, regresó a casa a finales de agosto con tres gatitos.