We debated all these possibilities in a state of utmost excitement; even the most daring hypotheses were not daring enough for us to square the stranger's puzzling timidity and surprising avowal with the unmistakable artfulness of his play.
Aukera horiek guztiak eztabaidatu genituen erarik bizienean; hipotesirik ausartenak ere ez ziren aski ausartak, kanpotarraren herabetasun enigmatikoa eta bere aitorpen txundigarria joko-tekniken menderatze nabariarekin uztartzeko.