I stole very quietly down the stairs in order not to attract my landlady's attention (a few days had elapsed since my rent had fallen due, and I had no longer anything wherewith to raise it).
Isil-isilik lerratu nintzen eskaileretan behera, etxeko andrea ohar ez zedin; egun batzuk iraganak ziren errenta epea bete zenetik, eta orain ez neukan zerekin ordaintzerik.