My uncle would then be lost in meditation, while his astonished servant stood there, not daring to disturb him by the least movement, wondering and waiting for his answer, which never varied.
Osaba, orduan, hausnarketa sakonean murgiltzen zen, haren gelazain kantitua hura aztoratzeko zirkin bakar bat bera ere egitera ausartzen ez zelarik, hantxe geratzen baitzen erantzunaren zain jakin-minez, erantzuna beti bera izan arren.