On having heard these words, the astonishment made itself up in the face of they were in the porch, that, mute and immobile, had remained in the position in which they were God knows up to when, if the following relation of the pulled down guard had not made them gather together in his around to listen greedily.
- Perdonadme, gentlemen - was saying the poor prison guard-, and I will not conceal anything you, at least be in against mine.
They all kept silence and he continued this way:
- I will never happen to give account; but it is the case that the history of the empty weapon always looked like to me a fable woven in favor of some noble personage, who perhaps high reasons of public expediency neither was allowing to discover not even to punish.