But it was all one; those in the cave, we were sure, could not hear; and those in our keeping, though they heard it well enough, yet durst give no answer to them.
Nè i prigionieri della caverna poteano sentirli, nè quelli che avevamo in custodia noi, ancorchè li avessero sentito bastantemente, si attentarono a dar veruna risposta.