De esta guisa fueron transcurriendo los días; tan inevitablemente como sucede a la noche la luz de la mañana, mantenían sus invisibles enemigos la cuenta del menguante mes de gracia, expuesta siempre en algún lugar manifiesto.
Thus day followed day; and as sure as morning came he found that his unseen enemies had kept their register, and had marked up in some conspicuous position how many days were still left to him out of the month of grace.