And, as though the singer had been expecting this stir among the spectators, or, more probably, as though the murmur rising from the stalls confirmed what he was feeling, he chose that moment to walk towards the footlights in a grotesque manner, arms wide and bow-legged in his classical costume, and collapse in the midst of an eighteenth-century pastoral decor that had always been inappropriate, but which, in the eyes of the audience, now became so for the first time and in the most dreadful way.
Eta kantariak, ikuslegoaren mugimendu honi itxaroten balego bezala, edo, hobeto esateko, parterretik zetorkion murmurioak berak sumatzen zuenean bermatu izan balu bezala, momentu huraxe aukeratu zuen ertzeraino joateko itxura barregarriz, beso eta hankak zabal-zabal eginda bere antzinatar janzkian, eta betiere anakronikoak izanda ere, ikusleen begientzat lehenengo aldiz, eta modu ikaragarriz, bilakatu ziren dekoratuaren saroi tartean bertan behera jauzteko.