"If I get to work the right way," he said to himself, "I shall be able to cut a section clean out of the oak plank which will form the screen, at the end which will be resting on the window-sill; I can take this piece out and put it back according to circumstances;
"Behar bezala saiatzen banaiz-ari zitzaion mutila bere buruari-, lauki karratu bat ebaki ahal izango dut, beharbada, argi-estalkiko haritz-oholean, leihoko barandan bermatua egongo den zatian hain zuzen, eta, hartara, ohol puska hori kendu-jarri ariko naiz, egoeraren arabera.