For two hours and a half they had been at table; for the servant Artemis, carelessly dragging her old list slippers over the flags, brought one plate after the other, forgot everything, and constantly left the door of the billiard-room half open, so that it beat against the wall with its hooks.
Bazen bi ordu t'erdi mahaian zirela; zeren eta Artemise neskameak, bere oin-puntetako txinelak baldosa gainean soraioki errestatuz, platerak banaka-banaka ekartzen baitzituen, dena ahazten zitzaion, ez zuen ezer ulertzen eta beti ere billareko atea erdirekirik uzten baitzuen, krisketa-muturraz hormaren kontra danbaka.