“Gentlemen,” said I, “do not be surprised at me; perhaps you may have a friend near when you did not expect it.” “He must be sent directly from heaven then,” said one of them very gravely to me, and pulling off his hat at the same time to me; “for our condition is past the help of man.”
Tal vez tenéis un amigo más cerca de lo que suponéis. -Debe ser un enviado del cielo -dijo uno de ellos con gravedad, quitándose el sombrero-, pues nuestra situación es humanamente insalvable. -Toda ayuda viene del cielo, señor -le dije-.