He said that was big enough; but then, as I had taken no care of it, and it had lain two or three and twenty years there, the sun had so split and dried it, that it was rotten.
Questa gli parve grande abbastanza; ma c’era un altro guaio: rimasta quivi da ventitrè o ventiquattro anni, e non me ne avendo io preso veruna cura, il sole l’area sconnessa e inaridita sì, che potea quasi dirsi andata a male.