He was bareheaded, his arms folded across his chest, and it was in this posture that in a hoarse voice, speaking like some one who obliges himself to speak, he gave the following recital, which his auditors did not once interrupt:--
Tenía la cabeza descubierta y los brazos cruzados sobre el pecho; y en aquella postura, con voz sorda y como quien se esfuerza para hablar, les hizo el siguiente relato, que no fue interrumpido una sola vez por el auditorio: