As for Passepartout, who was mounted on the beast's back, and received the direct force of each concussion as he trod along, he was very careful, in accordance with his master's advice, to keep his tongue from between his teeth, as it would otherwise have been bitten off short.
En cuanto a Picaporte, apostado sobre el lomo del animal y directamente sometido a los vaivenes, cuidaba muy bien, según se lo había recomendado su amo, de no tener la lengua entre los dientes, porque se la podía cortar rasa.