She believed that Ripley had started the story about his dying soon, and Jonathan foresaw that nothing would shake her, because no other person could easily be substituted as a source of the story, especially now that Gauthier was dead, and couldn't back Jonathan up if he tried to invent another person.
Simonek uste zuen Ripleyk asmatu zuela bere heriotza hurbilari buruzko zurrumurrua, eta Jonathanek konprenitu zuen ezingo ziola ideia hura burutik kendu, ez baitzen erraza izango zurrumurruaren jatorrian beste pertsona bat ipintzea, batez ere orain, Gauthier hilda zegoelarik eta ezin zuelarik, beraz, Jonathan apoiatu hau beste pertsona bat asmatzen saiatzen bazen.