I softened considerably what related to the three days of wandering and starvation, because to have told him all would have been to inflict unnecessary pain: the little I did say lacerated his faithful heart deeper than I wished.
Dulcifiqué mucho lo relativo a los tres días que pasé sin alimento ni hogar, para no causarle un dolor inútil, pero con todo, impresioné su noble corazón más profundamente de lo que quisiera.