I was terror-stricken, my voice stuck in my throat, and I was in the deepest distress; nevertheless I summoned up my strength as well as I could, and in a trembling and piteous voice I addressed such words to him as induced him to stay the infliction of a punishment so severe.
Turbéme, pegóseme la voz a la garganta, quedé mohína en todo estremo, pero, con todo, me esforcé lo más que pude, y, con voz tembladora y doliente, le dije tantas y tales cosas, que le hicieron suspender la ejecución de tan riguroso castigo.