they were alone in a compartment (the girl was again chattering cheerfully), and Eduard remembered how some time ago he had looked forward to finding in Alices optional character a seriousness that his duties would never provide for him; and he sadly realized (as the train idyllically clattered over the joints of the tracks) that the love adventure he had experienced with Alice was derisory, made up of chance and errors, without any seriousness or meaning;
tren-konpartimenduan bakarrik zeuden (neskatxa berriz zegoen alai, kalakari) eta Eduardek gogoratzen zuen nola, inoiz, bere eginbeharrek eskaintzen ez zioten bizi-seriotasuna Alizia errugabearengan aurkitzea desiratu zuen, eta penaturik nabaritzen zuen (trenak idilikoki kolpatzen zituen burdinbideen lotuneak) Aliziarekin bizituriko amodio-istorioa hutsala zela, kasualitate eta akatsez ehoa, inolako seriotasun eta zentzurik gabea;