But either the devastation of the corral would have been an accomplished fact by this time, and it would be too late to prevent it, or it had been the convicts' interest to entrench themselves there, and there would be still time to go and turn them out on their return.
Pero, o la devastación de la dehesa era ya un hecho consumado, y por consiguiente inevitable, o los presidiarios habían tenido interés en atrincherarse en ella, y siempre habría tiempo de ir allá a echarlos.