Törless wanted to say something, to stir himself to make a crude joke. He felt that everything now depended upon saying something irrelevant, but he couldn't utter a sound.
Törless saiatu zen zerbait esaten, txantxa zakarren bat asmatzen, kinka hartatik irteteko edozein hitz axolagabe esatea ezinbestekoa zela sentitzen baitzuen, baina ez zuen tutik ere esan.