On an emergency he could keep the hound in the out-house at Merripit, but it was always a risk, and it was only on the supreme day, which he regarded as the end of all his efforts, that he dared do it.
En los momentos críticos podía encerrarlo en una de las dependencias de Merripit, pero eso significaba correr un riesgo, y sólo el gran día, la jornada en que Stapleton iba a culminar todos sus esfuerzos, se atrevió a hacerlo.