And in front of every house, even of those where it was not, as a rule, 'done,' the servants, and sometimes even the masters would sit and stare, festooning their doorsteps with a dark, irregular fringe, like the border of shells and sea-weed which a stronger tide than usual leaves on the beach, as though trimming it with embroidered crape, when the sea itself has retreated.
Eta etxe bakoitzaren aurrean, baita halako ohiturarik ez zutenenean ere, zerbitzariek edo are jabeek ere, eserita eta begira, atariaren galartzu gisa, halako azpildura bitxi eta ilun bat eratzen zuten, algena eta maskorrena izaten dena bezalatsukoa, itsasgora bortitz batek berauen xingolak eta brodatuak ertzean uzten dituenean, bera urrundu ondoren.