I was soon to be enlightened, for the next moment-before my friends could be near the chateau door-before Johann the keeper would have thought to nerve himself for his task-there was a sudden crash from the room with the lighted window. It sounded as though someone had flung down a lamp; and the window went dark and black.
Laster jakingo nuen; izan ere, hurrengo unean, nire adiskideek château-ko atera hurbildu baino lehen, Johann basozaina bere eginbeharrerako prestatzen ere hasi baino lehen, daubateko bat etorri zen bat-batean argituriko leihoaren gelatik. Kriseiluren bat harrika bota zuten nonbait; eta leihoa bel-beltza geratu zen.