and of that purpose the reader will learn if only he will have the patience to read this prefatory narrative (which, lengthy though it be, may yet develop and expand in proportion as we approach the denouement with which the present work is destined to be crowned).
Baina irakurleak ezari-ezarian eta bere denboran jakingo du horren guztiaren berri, baldin eta amaierara hurbildu ahala gero eta hedadura handiagoa eta zabalagoa hartuko duen liburu luze hau irakurtzeko adinako eroapena badu.