If that were true the murderer must have dropped some part of his dress, presumably his overcoat, in his flight, and must have had the hardihood to return and to carry it away at the instant when the son was kneeling with his back turned not a dozen paces off.
De ser cierto aquello, el asesino debía haber perdido al huir alguna prenda de vestir, probablemente su gabán, y había tenido la sangre fría de volver a recuperarla en el mismo instante en que el hijo se arrodillaba, vuelto de espaldas, a menos de doce pasos.