And it is here, in that interval between the disembarkation of the invalid and the moment of his death, that occurs one of those series of events which will forever be impossible for me to reconstruct, and upon which nevertheless my destiny has been built.
Nire patua oinarrituko zuèn gakoa hantxe eta orduantxe datza: enperadore gaixoa lehorreratu eta heriotza gertatu zitzaion arteko tarte hartan, inoiz osoki berreraiki ezingo ditudan gertakari-multzo batzuen harian.