And, as it happened, there was no need for any of us to introduce the subject of Balbec, for it was Legrandin himself who, without the least suspicion that we had ever had any intention of visiting those parts, walked into the trap uninvited one evening, when we met him strolling on the banks of the Vivonne.
Dena den, berari Balbec aipatu beharrik izan gabe, Legrandin bera izan zen, guk hara inoiz joateko asmorik izan genezakeenik seguru aski sekula burutik pasatu ere ez zitzaion arren, bere burua lakirioan sartu zuena, behin, arratsalde batez, berarekin Vivonne ibaiertzean topo egin genuenean.