rompre

I quan ell hagué finit, encara vivent i sencer, el fluctuant impuls que havien sentit de rompre llur jurament i salvar la vida del pobrissó detingut i trait s'esvaí i cessa, perque evidentment aquell inic s'havia venut a Llucifer, i seria fatal de ficar-se en cosa pertanyent a un poder com aquell.

And when he had finished and still stood alive and whole, their wavering impulse to break their oath and save the poor betrayed prisoner's life faded and vanished away, for plainly this miscreant had sold himself to Satan and it would be fatal to meddle with the property of such a power as that.

Aquest tema el capfica una estona, i al capdavall decidí que alguna bruixa s'hi havia ficat i havia romput l'encís.

He puzzled over the matter some time, and finally decided that some witch had interfered and broken the charm.

Després Becky rompé el silenci:

Then Becky broke the silence: