If he had had any sense of what he had done that night, and had been less of a whelp and more of a brother, he might have turned short on the road, might have gone down to the ill-smelling river that was dyed black, might have gone to bed in it for good and all, and have curtained his head for ever with its filthy waters.
Gau hartan urrutitik ere jakin izan balu zer egin zuen eta hain alproja izan barik, Louisaren senide hobea izan balitz, agian lasterbidea hartuko zukeen, ibai kirastu eta tintez belzturikoaren aldera joateko, eta bertan ohantzea aurkituko zukeen behin eta betiko, bere burua ibaiaren ur zikinen oihalaz bilduta.