For some time I stood at the window, gazing admiringly at the blue sky all studded with wisps of cloud, and at the distant shore of the Crimea, stretching out in a lilac-coloured streak and ending in a cliff, on the summit of which the white tower of the lighthouse was gleaming. Then I betook myself to the fortress, Phanagoriya, in order to ascertain from the Commandant at what hour I should depart for Gelenjik.
urrunean, Krimeako itsasbazterra hedatzen zen marra morail baten antzera; harkaitz handi batean bukatzen zen, zeinaren gailurrean zuri ageri baitzen itsasargiaren dorrea. Gero, Fanagoriako gotorlekura joan nintzen komandanteari galdetzera zer ordutan abiatu behar nuen Gelendjikera.