<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKutoka mfuko-kitabu cha mtu aliyekufa alikuwa alirudisha illuminated rasimu ya mkataba, na kisha na huko, katika uwepo wa wengine watatu, ilikuwa imepunguzwa kwa majivu...  <response>: From the dead mans pocket-book he had retrieved the illomened draft treaty, and then and there, in the presence of the other three, it had been reduced to ashes... . 