Those few days passed by Attianus and the women in that merchant's house determined my life forever after, but concerning them, as later on concerning a certain afternoon on the Nile, I shall never know anything, precisely because it would be of utmost importance to me to know all.
Merkatari-etxe hartan Attianusek eta emakumeek pasa zituztèn egun bakan haiek betirako erabaki zuten nire bizitzaren norabidea, baina egun haiei ere, geroziik Nilo ibaiaren ertzeko harako arratsalde lazgarriari gertatua bera gertatuko zaie, hau da, ez dudala inoiz haietaz ezertxo ere jakingo, dena jakin gura nukeelako beharbada.