"Well, of course it was obvious from the first that this Mr. Hosmer Angel must have some strong object for his curious conduct, and it was equally clear that the only man who really profited by the incident, as far as we could see, was the stepfather.
––Pues, desde luego, en un principio era evidente que este señor Hosmer Angel tenía que tener alguna buena razón para su curioso comportamiento, y estaba igualmente claro que el único hombre que salía beneficiado del incidente, hasta donde nosotros sabíamos, era el padrastro.