But in the song there was a secret little inner song, hardly perceptible, but always there, sweet and secret and clinging, almost hiding in the counter-melody, and this was the Song of the Pearl That Might Be, for every shell thrown in the basket might contain a pearl.
Baina kantuaren baitan beste barne kantu sekretu bat bazegoen, sumagaitza, baina beti hortxe, goxoa eta sekretua eta errepikagarria, beste melodian ia ezkutaturik, eta Aurki Zitekeen Perlaren kantua zen, otarrean utzitako maskor bakoitzak perla bat eduki zezakeelako.