At last we were drawing near to the wonderful mines that had been the cause of the miserable death of the old Portuguese Dom three centuries ago, of my poor friend, his ill-starred descendant, and also, as we feared, of George Curtis, Sir Henry's brother.
Azkenean hurbiltzen ari ginen meategi liluragarrietara, hiru mende lehenago portugaldar zaharraren heriotza eragin zutenetara, haren ondorengo zoritxarrekoarena, nire lagun gizajoarena, eta baita ere, tamalez uste genuen bezala, George Curtis Sir Henryren anaiarena.