––En tal caso, y en interés de la justicia, constituye evidentemente nuestro deber tomar declaración al prisionero ––dijo el inspector. ––Es libre, señor, de dar inicio a su confesión, que, no lo olvide, quedará aquí consignada.
"In that case it is clearly our duty, in the interests of justice, to take his statement," said the Inspector. "You are at liberty, sir, to give your account, which I again warn you will be taken down."