He steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk, and would let that cripple of a steamboat get the upper hand of him in a minute.
Goitik zunda-hagari begira nengoela, eta saio berri bakoitzean uretatik gero eta gehiago irteten zela ikusiz sumintzen ari nintzela, hara non ikusi nuen zundazaina, tupustean, bere eginkizuna bertan behera utzi, eta ontzigainean luze etzaten zela, bere haga jasotzeaz ere arduratu gabe.