Most of all, Tarrou emphasized Mme Rieux's reticence, her habit of expressing everything in simple sentences, and the particular affection which she showed for one particular window overlooking the quiet street, behind which she would sit in the evening, quite upright, her hands at rest and her eyes alert until dusk entered the room and turned her into a black shadow in the grey light that gradually spread around her, dissolving the motionless silhouette.
Mme. Rieuxen sotiltasunean tematzen da batik bat Tarrou; edozer gauza hitz xumeez adierazteko zuen moduan; kale baketsura ematen zuen leiho jakin batentzako azaltzen zuen atsegin berezian, zeinen atzean esertzen baitzen iluntzerakoan, tente samar, eskuak lasai eta begirada erne, harik eta ilunabarra gelan nagusitu, emakumea argi grisetan itzal beltza bilakaraziz, eta pixkanaka ilunpean geratzen zen arte, beraren silueta urtuz; haren pausoaren arintasunean gela batetik bestera joaterakoan;