For two years and more the very passage of time had been marked in the progress of a young life perfecting itself, growing radiant, and mounting to its zenith:
Bi urte eta akats iragan ondoren, denboraren oinatzak ezagun zuen bere aurrerapena gazte harengan, umotzen, zoritzen, bere gailurrera iristen ari zèn gaztetasun harengan: