He was nine years old and quite a child, but he knew his soul, it was dear to him, and he guarded it as the eyelid guards the eye, and never let anyone enter his heart without the key of love.
Tenía nueve años, era un niño, pero conocía su alma, la quería y la cuidaba como el párpado cuida del ojo y, sin la llave del afecto, no permitía a nadie penetrar en ella.