It was midday on a Monday at the end of July, and away in front of him spread the sea of Palermo, compact, oily, inert, improbably motionless, crouching like a dog trying to make itself invisible at its master's threats;
Uztail bukaerako astelehen eguerdi bat zen, eta Palermoko itsasoa, trinkoa, oliotsua, geldia, bere aurrean zabaltzen zen, uste ezin zen bezain geldirik eta nagusiaren mehatxuetarako ikustezin bihurtu nahi lukeen zakur bat bezain apaldua;