With characteristic promptness and audacity he set about this at once, and we cannot doubt that the boots or chamber-maid of the hotel was well bribed to help him in his design.
Con la celeridad y la audacia que le caracterizaban puso de inmediato manos a la obra y no cabe duda de que sobornó al limpiabotas o a la camarera del hotel para que le ayudaran en su empeño.