I sought out the little ancient tavern where nothing had altered since my first visit to this town a good twenty-five years before. Even the landlady was the same as then and many of the patrons who sat there in those days sat there still at the same places before the same glasses. There I took refuge.
Antzinako taberna txiki bat bilatu nuen, gutxienez hogeita bost urte zuela lehendabizikoz hiri honetan izan nintzenetik ezertan aldatu ez zena, ostalarisa bera ere garai haietakoa zen, eta egungo ostaliar batzuk ere garai haietan mahain beretan eserita zeuden, leku berean, baso berberen aurrean.