If the man who had but one little ewe lamb that was dear to him as a daughter, that ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and lay in his bosom, had by some mistake slaughtered it at the shambles, he would not have rued his bloody blunder more than I now rue mine.
Estoy en la situación del pastor que tuviera una oveja, a la que quisiera como si fuera su hija, con quien compartiera su pan y su agua, y a la que un día degollara por error. Sí, ése es mi estado de alma...