Se apreciaban sobre el suelo arcilloso varias improntas de pasos; pero como quiera que la policía había estado yendo y viniendo, no alcanzaba yo a comprender de qué utilidad podían resultar tales huellas a mi amigo.
There were many marks of footsteps upon the wet clayey soil, but since the police had been coming and going over it, I was unable to see how my companion could hope to learn anything from it.