his blue eyes, his affectionate teasing, certain suddenly serious tones of his voice gave her, even in memory, quite a definite turn, and in those days her one longing was to be gripped by those hands of his; presently she would forget them and find a substitute as she did, in fact, later, but for the moment she yearned for him to seize her.
haren begi urdinek, kortesia jostariak eta ezustean bere ahotsak jartzen zituen doinu sendo batzuek egiatan aztoratzen zuten, baita gogoratu bakarrik egiten zituenean ere, eta egun haietan esku haiek menperatua izatea baino ez zuen desio; menperatua izan ondoren, ahaztu egingo zituen, bai eta haien ordez beste batzuk aurkitu ere, gerora gertatu zen bezala, baina, bitartean, irrikitan zegoen mutilaren eskumenean geratzearekin.