He was a modest, quiet man, who evidently deferred to the knowledge of the retired Guardsman and to the heroic self-sacrifice of the merchant and did not talk at all about himself.
Era un uomo modesto, silenzioso che, evidentemente, si inchinava dinanzi alla posizione dell’ufficiale della Guardia e dinanzi all’eroica abnegazione del mercante e, per conto suo, nulla diceva di sé.