The presence of the gipsies, and the use of the word 'band,' which was used by the poor girl, no doubt, to explain the appearance which she had caught a hurried glimpse of by the light of her match, were sufficient to put me upon an entirely wrong scent.
La presencia de los gitanos y el empleo de la palabra «banda», que la pobre muchacha utilizó sin duda para describir el aspecto de lo que había entrevisto fugazmente a la luz de la cerilla, bastaron para lanzarme tras una pista completamente falsa.