As soon as we reached the Ruritanian frontier (where the old officer who presided over the Custom House favoured me with such a stare that I felt surer than before of my Elphberg physiognomy), I bought the papers, and found in them news which affected my movements.
Ruritaniako mugara heldu bezain azkar (hango mugaren arduradun zen ofizial zaharrak halako begiratua egin zidan non inoiz baino ziurrago geratu bainintzen nire Elphbergtar plantarekin), egunkariak erosi, eta nire mugimenduak aldarazten zituzten berriak irakurri nituen.