I began to say to myself that I was exaggerating the importance of the document; that my uncle would surely not believe in it, that he would set it down as a mere puzzle; that if it came to the worst, we should lay violent hands on him and keep him at home if he thought on venturing on the expedition; that, after all, he might himself discover the key of the cipher, and that then I should be clear at the mere expense of my involuntary abstinence.
Pensé que yo exageraba la importancia del documento; que mi tío no le daría crédito: que sólo vería en él una farsa; que, en el caso más desfavorable, lograríamos detenerle a su pesar; y, en fin, que era posible diese él mismo con la clave del enigma, resultando en este caso infructuosos los sacrificios que suponía mi abstinencia.