Did he refuse to admit, out of self-love as an uncle and a philosopher, that he had mistaken his way when he chose the eastern tunnel? or was he determined to examine this passage to its farthest extremity?
¿Era que, por vanidad de sabio y de tío, no quería convenir conmigo en que se había equivocado al elegir el túnel del Este, o que deseaba reconocer hasta el fin la galería aquella?