The thought came into my mind to declare the whole truth to my uncle, to show him the dreadful straits to which we were reduced, and to calculate how long we might yet expect to live. But I had the courage to preserve silence.
Se me ocurrió la idea de decírselo todo a mi tío, de manifestarle el desamparo en que nos encontrábamos, y de hacer el cálculo exacto del tiempo que nos quedaba de vida; pero tuve el valor de callarme.