So down he sits, and gets off his boots in a moment, and puts on a pair of pumps (as we call the flat shoes they wear, and which he had in his pocket), gives my other servant his horse, and with his gun away he flew, swift like the wind.
Se sentó en el suelo, se quitó las botas rápidamente y se puso un par de zapatos que llevaba en el bolso. Le entregó su caballo a mi otro criado y, armado con su fusil, salió corriendo como el viento.