He armed himself, and alone, shortly before midnight, with a rapid step, was passing by the door when, to his inexpressible joy, he heard a well-known voice say in a very low Whisper:
Armak hartuta, bakarrik abiatu zen Fabrice, gauerdia baino lehentxeago, eta pauso lasterrez atetxo horren ondotik igarotzen ari zenean, ahots ondo ezagun bat entzun zuen, doinu apal-apalez esaten ziola: