Nevertheless, while acknowledging the truth of what he said, I thought proper to insist; but without even giving himself the trouble to enter into any discussion with me, he took one of his pistols, laid it on his table, day and night, and said that at the first word that should be spoken to him about removing, either within the house or out of it, he would blow out the brains of the person who should be so imprudent as to meddle with a matter which only concerned himself.
Sin embargo, reconociendo y todo la verdad de lo que decía, creí mi deber insistir; pero sin tomarse siquiera la molestia de entrar en discusión conmigo, cogió su pistola, la puso sobre su mesilla de noche y declaró que a la primera palabra que se le dijera de una mudanza cualquiera, fuera o dentro del hostal, abriría la tapa de los sesos a quien fuese lo bastante imprudente para meterse en una cosa que no le importaba más que él.