He told me that was true; but that as there was no proof of my being dead, he could not act as executor until some certain account should come of my death; and, besides, he was not willing to intermeddle with a thing so remote: that it was true he had registered my will, and put in his claim; and could he have given any account of my being dead or alive, he would have acted by procuration, and taken possession of the ingenio (so they call the sugar-house), and have given his son, who was now at the Brazils, orders to do it.
A kapitány igazat adott nekem, de hozzátette, hogy mivel nem volt a halálomra vonatkozó bizonyíték, ő nem léphetett fel követeléssel. Ráadásul nem is akart beleavatkozni egy tőle ilyen távol zajló dologba.