Then Mahbub Ali rolled across the serai to the Gate of the Harpies who paint their eyes and trap the stranger, and was at some pains to call on the one girl who, he had reason to believe, was a particular friend of a smooth-faced Kashmiri pundit who had waylaid his simple Balti in the matter of the telegrams.
Orduan Mahbub Alik Arpien Atariraino gurutzatu zuen Serai-a, non emakumeek begiak margotu eta ezezagunak harrapatzen baitituzten, eta, ederki kostata, Kashmirreko pundit bizargabe baten adiskide berezia zen neska bati-bai baitzuen hori pentsatzeko arrazoirik-, egin zion bisita; pundit hark bere baltiar inozoa gelditu zuen telegramak zirela eta. Gauza guztiz burugabea izan zen hura;