Carried away in a sort of dream, he smiled, then he began to hurry back towards the lady; he was walking faster than usual, and his shoulders swayed backwards and forwards, right and left, in the most absurd fashion; altogether he looked, so utterly had he abandoned himself to it, ignoring all other considerations, as though he were the lifeless and wire-pulled puppet of his own happiness. Meanwhile we were coming out through the porch; we were passing close beside him; he was too well bred to turn his head away;
Nolabaiteko amets-aire batez liluraturik, irribarrez zihoan, baita damarengana arrapaladan itzuli ere, eta, ohi zuèn baino arinago zebilenez, sorbalda biak ezker-eskuin zebilzkion ziraldoka barregarriro, eta hain ziharduen bere hartan buru-belarri, beste ezeren ardurarik gabe nonbait, non zorionaren txotxongilo arimagabe eta mekanikoa besterik ez baitzirudien.