A través de la ventana pude observar a la vieja caminando penosamente a lo largo de la acera opuesta, mientras mi amigo la perseguía a una prudencial distancia. ––O es todo un disparate ––pensé––, o esta mujer le llevará a la entraña del misterio.
Looking through the window I could see her walking feebly along the other side, while her pursuer dogged her some little distance behind. "Either his whole theory is incorrect," I thought to myself, "or else he will be led now to the heart of the mystery."