The river, that makes of this quarter of Rouen a wretched little Venice, flowed beneath him, between the bridges and the railings, yellow, violet, or blue. Working men, kneeling on the banks, washed their bare arms in the water.
Rouengo auzo hau nobleziarik gabeko Venezia-txiki kaskar bat bihurtzen duen ibaia, han behean bere azpian zihoan hori, ubel edo urdin, bere zubi eta barandilen artean.