Strange to say, they all recognised it at once, and until fear fell upon them they hailed it, not as something long dreamt of and seen at last, but as a familiar friend to whom they were returning home for the holidays.
Arraroa bada ere, lehen begiradatik egin zitzaien ezaguna, eta, beldurtu baino lehen, diosal egiten hasi ziren, ez hainbeste ametsa egia bihurtu zitzaielako, ezpada oporretatik bueltan aspaldiko lagun bati diosal egiten zaion moduan.