He went out into the garden for a few moments, stood there like a statue as if overwhelmed by some inexplicable consternation (a look of consternation never left his face the whole time), and returned to his son once again, trying to avoid his wife's inquiries.
Noizean behin, lorategira irteten zen apur batez, eta hantxe egoten zen zutik, estatua baten antzera, ezin azalduzko harridura batek zurturik baleuka bezala (harridura ez zitzaion ezabatzen aurpegitik), eta gero atzera itzultzen zen semearen ondora, emaztearen galderak saihesteko ahaleginak eginez.