I must just keep in the line for a minute, then as soon as I can I will break away." When strangers passed she still allowed to linger about her lips a lazy smile, as though she expected or remembered some friend, which made them say:
Ilarari jarraituko diot apur batez, baina ahal izan bezain pronto, alderatuko naiz." Ezezagunak igarotzen zirenean ere, hark beti irribarrea ezpainetan, irribarre laxoa, lagun baten itxaronaldiari edo oroitzapenari emana bezala, ikusten zutenei esanarazten ziena: