It was vain to try to read with such an inscrutable fixture before me; nor could I, in impatience, consent to be dumb; he might rebuff me if he liked, but talk I would.
Türelmetlenségemben magamat is képtelen voltam némaságra kárhoztatni. "Nem bánom, ha lehurrog is - határoztam el -, azért is beszélni fogok."