Walking through this extraordinarily black town, while they were getting dinner ready at the hotel, I asked a fellow whom I met;
Herri ezin beltzago honetan barrena nenbilela, hotelean afaria prestatzen ari ziren bitartean, hauxe galdetu diot kalean topatu dudan gizon bati, langile bati, zeinek itxuraz bainu-aldia hartu berria baitzuen zerbait iletsuaz, ene irudiko, ekai gordin horretaz, bidenabar esanda..."