"Look here, you gentlemen-in-waiting to his highness the gibbet, master of ceremonies to the widow" (a nickname full of sombre poetry, given by prisoners to the guillotine), "be a good fellow, and tell me if it really was Fil-de-Soie who sold me.
-Erradak, monsinore borreroaren menino horrek, Alarguntsaren (izen poesia lazgarriz betea, galerianoek gillotinari ematen diotena) gobernadore horrek, gehitu zuen sûreté-ko poliziburuarenganat itzultzen zela, izan hadi haur zintzoa, erradak Fil-de-Soiek saldu nauenetz!