She'll know about it before the telegram comes, the night before, because of a sign only she saw and could understand, because of the bird that called in the middle of the night, frightened and lost in the office in the north front of the palace, my father's office.
Telegrama jaso aurretik jakin zuen, bezperatik, berak beste inork ikusten eta ulertzen jakin ez zuen zeinu baten bidez, txori baten bidez, zeinek oihu egin baitzuen gauaren erdian eroturik, galdurik, nire aitaren jauregiaren iparraldeko bulegoan.