They were evidently expecting somebody, for they kept perpetually looking toward the mountain, and the young lady often consulted a pretty gold watch-as much, it may be, for the pleasure of admiring what appeared a somewhat newly acquired trinket, as in order to know whether the hour appointed for some meeting or other had come.
Norbaiten zain zeudela zirudien. Izan ere, begiak mendi aldera etengabe bihurtzen zituzten eta neskak maiz begiratzen zion urrezko erlojuari. Agian zuela gutxi eskuratutako bitxi hura ikusteko izango zen, eta agian zitaren batera garaiz heldu ote ziren jakiteko.