"I am very happy to make part of my journey in your company," said he to his new companions, "but I must tell you that I am most anxious to reach Omsk; for my sister and I are going to rejoin our mother. Who can say whether we shall arrive before the Tartars reach the town!
-Jaunak-esan zien bidelagun berriei-, atsegin handiz egingo nuke zuekin bidaiaren zati bat, baina adierazi behar dizuet presa ikaragarria dudala Omskera iristeko, neure arreba eta biok gure amarekin elkartzekotan baikaude han. Eta nork jakin ez ote garen iritsiko tatariarrek hiria inbaditu ondoren!