Passepartout was not the man to let an idea go begging, and directed his steps towards the docks. But, as he approached them, his project, which at first had seemed so simple, began to grow more and more formidable to his mind.
No siendo Picaporte hombre que dejase dormir una idea, se dirigió al puerto de Yokohama; pero, a medida de que se acercaba a los muelles, su proyecto, que tan sencillo te había parecido al concebirlo, lo iba considerando impracticable.