There was another tree and a little thicket beyond it, about fifty yards nearer to them than the place where I was, which, by going a little way about, I saw I might come at undiscovered, and that then I should be within half a shot of them; so I withheld my passion, though I was indeed enraged to the highest degree; and going back about twenty paces, I got behind some bushes, which held all the way till I came to the other tree, and then came to a little rising ground, which gave me a full view of them at the distance of about eighty yards.
M’accorsi d’un piccolo viottolo selvoso per ove avrei potuto andare inosservato fin là ed essere distante un mezzo tiro di schioppo da que’ manigoldi. Frenata la mia rabbia, che certo era pervenuta al massimo grado, tenni quella via ombrosa finchè giunsi al secondo albero; quivi guadagnata una piccola eminenza, poteva discernere pienamente ogni cosa ad una distanza di ottanta braccia.