I was loath to fire, because I would not have the rest hear; though, at that distance, it would not have been easily heard, and being out of sight of the smoke, too, they would not have known what to make of it.
Nondimeno non mi stetti dal fargli cenno con la mano che tornasse addietro; poi nel tempo stesso a quel di costoro che primo si offerse diedi col calcio del mio moschetto tal botta che restò tramortito.