Many were the colloquies into which Sam entered with grooms who were airing horses on roads, and nursemaids who were airing children in lanes; but nothing could Sam elicit from either the first-mentioned or the last, which bore the slightest reference to the object of his artfully-prosecuted inquiries.
Pedig számtalanszor szóba ereszkedett az istállófiúkkal, akik az országúton jártatták a lovakat, s a dajkákkal, akik a gyalogutakon jártatták a gyerekeket; de sem amazokból, sem emezekből nem tudott kivenni olyasmit, ami akár a legtávolabbi vonatkozásban is lett volna azzal a dologgal, aminek ő fortélyos kérdésekkel akart a nyomára jönni.