for what a length of time would he not have stood entranced as he stared into the distance and forgot alike his journey, the business still to be done, the possibility of incurring loss through lingering-himself, his vocation, the world, and everything else that the world contains!
-Etxe honetan ez dugu horrelakorik egiten-zioen Sobakevitxek, ezpainzapiaz eskuak garbitzeaz batera-, nirean ez dugu edozein Pliushkinen etxean bezala jokatzen: zortziehun arima ditu eta nire artzainak baino txartoago bizi eta jaten du!