All I wanted was to check up that Malnate was there, and in fact, after finding that he actually was (he was sitting as usual at a table out of doors, in his everlasting creamcoloured jacket), instead ofjoining him, I turned away, and went up on to one of the Castle's three drawbridges, the one exactly opposite the Giovanni.
Egiaztatu nahi nuen Malnate bertan zegoen ala ez, hori baino ez. Eta, izan ere, bertan zela egiaztatu bezain azkar (ohi bezala, kanpoko mahai batean zegoen, betiko jaka saharatarra soinean), harengana joan ordez atzera itzuli nintzen, eta gero Gazteluko hiru zubi altxagarrietatik baten gainean geratu nintzen zelatan, Giovanni-ra ematen zuen zubiaren gainean hain zuzen.