The bookseller, bones creaking, bent down to pick it up for her and with a rapid movement she stuck the heart-snatcher in his back. She was trembling and weeping as she did it. He fell, face downwards. She did not dare pick up her handkerchief as his fingers were clenched round it.
Liburudendaria jasotzera makurtu zen eta bizkor iltzatu zion bizkarrean bihotzateragailua; berriro negarrez eta dardarka hasi zen, lurrera erori zen ahozpez liburudendaria, eta neska ez zen, liburudendariak esku artean hartuta zeukan musuzapia jasotzera ausartu.