Yo tomé de su dedo exangüe el anillo de boda, prometiéndome solemnemente que el culpable no habría de morir sin tenerlo ante los ojos, en recordación del crimen en cuyo nombre se le castigaba.
I took the marriage ring from her dead finger, and I vowed that his dying eyes should rest upon that very ring, and that his last thoughts should be of the crime for which he was punished.