If an
intruder had escaped by the
back door,
as the nephew
claimed , he would
have broken
apart the beautiful
spider web .
intruder:
someone who trespasses or intrudes on the privacy
or property of another without permission (intruso)
claimed:
asserted, affirmed, asseverated (afirmaba, aseveraba)
spider web:
a web spun by spiders to trap insect prey (telaraña)