The provided files include famous book titles and sentences in the English language, and we ask you to translate those to the Spanish Language. Please bear in mind the following guidelines while doing the translation: 1) We are looking for the most naturally written and form of each sentence in the Spanish language. 2) Also names, dates and places should be preserved it should not get translated.

CHAPTER 16
CAPITULO XVI

A mutual silence took place for some time.
Un silencio generalizado se posó en la habitación durante un rato.

Had he been in a situation to act independently and marry immediately, it might have been odd that he should leave us without acknowledging everything to me at once: but this is not the case.

Si hubiese estado en situación de actuar con independencia y casarse de inmediato, habría sido extraño que nos dejara sin decírmelo todo al momento; pero no es el caso.

