A black-bearded man, with a green shade over his eyes, sat at a table, and, one by one, with short, white hands, picked up globules of light from a tray before him, threaded them on a glancing silken string, and hummed to himself the while.
Bizar beltzekiko gizon bat zegoen mahai batean eserita, bisera berde bat zuela begien aurrean;