Pencroft, ostentatiously slipping two bullets into each barrel of his rifle, shook his head in a way which betokened nothing good to any one who approached too near him, whether "man or beast," as he said.
Pencroff, al meter ostensiblemente dos balas en cada cañón de su fusil, movía la cabeza con cierto aire que no presagiaba nada bueno para quien se le acercara mucho, hombre o fiera, según él decía.