he was renewing the priming of his pistols, when he heard a man coming towards him through the wood, singing very well a delicious air from Mercadante, which was popular at that time in Lombardy.
Pistolei lehergarria jartzen ari zitzaiela, hara non entzun zuen gizon bat basoan aurrera etortzen, garai hartan Lonbardian modan zegoen Mercadanteren doinu zoragarri bat bikain kantatzen.