Bound by strong vows that had never been pronounced, obedient to laws that had long since ceased to run, he sat averted and in silence.
Inoiz azaldu gabeko boto indartsuek loturik, aspaldi preskribituak zeuden legeak obeditzen zituelarik, jesarrita zirauen, ixil ixilik, aurpegia alborantz bueltatua.