"He is not to cut it short," said the duchess; "on the contrary, for my gratification, he is to tell it as he knows it, though he should not finish it these six days; and if he took so many they would be to me the pleasantest I ever spent."
-No ha de acortar tal -dijo la duquesa-, por hacerme a mí placer; antes, le ha de contar de la manera que le sabe, aunque no le acabe en seis días; que si tantos fuesen, serían para mí los mejores que hubiese llevado en mi vida.