"I am disposed to be gregarious and communicative to-night," he repeated, "and that is why I sent for you: the fire and the chandelier were not sufficient company for me; nor would Pilot have been, for none of these can talk.
-Repito que esta noche me siento comunicativo y sociable -siguió-, y por eso he enviado a buscarla, ya que el fuego y los candelabros no me parecieron suficiente compañía; ni tampoco Piloto, ya que, como todos sus congéneres, no habla.