Since he made no allusion to his absence the past eight days, I also refrained from mentioning it, and I simply answered that my companions and I were ready to go with him.
Como no hizo la menor alusión a su ausencia durante aquellos ocho días, yo me abstuve de todo comentario al respecto, limitándome a decirle simplemente que tanto yo como mis compañeros estábamos dispuestos a seguirle.