The difficulties of living in such circumstances, however, are surely less daunting than the hazards David would have faced had he stayed in the orphanage – assuming that he would have survived at all.
Sin embargo, las dificultades de una vida en semejantes circunstancias, son, sin lugar a dudas, menos desalentadoras que los riesgos que habría afrontado, si hubiera permanecido en el orfelinato... en caso de que hubiera llegado a sobrevivir.