'Since it's easy to take some marrow, and since it can go off tomorrow early-'Jonathan was aware that his French was clumsy at that moment, aware of the word moelle, marrow, which had become revolting, especially when Jonathan thought of his as being abnormally yellow.
-Eten bat egin zuen, sorbaldak goratuz-. Muin pixka bat ateratzea erraza denez, eta bihar goizean goiz bidal dezakezunez... Jonathan ongi ohartzen zen bere frantses traketsaz, ongi ohartzen zen moelle hitzaz-muina-berarentzat hain higuingarri bihurtu zena, batipat horitasun anormal batez kutsatua imajinatzen zuenean.