In my irritation it seemed to me that he slackened his pace a little at every cross street, as if waiting to see which direction I intended to take, upon which he would again swing his bundle in the air and peg away with all his might to keep ahead of me.
Nire suminduran zera iruditu zitzaidan, kale gurutze bakoitzean mantsotu egiten zuela apur bat, zein norabide hartuko nuen zain bezala geratzen zela, gero fardela berriz airean kulunkatu eta indar berriak biltzen zituela abantaila galdu gabe segitzeko.