Pale, distraught, abject and agitated, he moved among his guests stammering incoherent apologies, assuring them that next time the Savage would certainly be there, begging them to sit down and take a carotene sandwich, a slice of vitamin A pâté, a glass of champagne-surrogate.
Zurbilik, leherturik, apaldurik eta lur jorik, Bernard hara eta hona zebilen bere inbitatuen artean, ganora gabeko atxakiak murduskatuez, hurrengoan Basatia ba zela etorriko aginduez, jesartzeko inbitatuez eta hartzeko karotinazko bokadilo bana, Bitamina A atal bina edo Chanpagne artifizial kopa bina.