Anticipation! It occurred to him that his anticipation was more pleasant to him than his experiencing. Was it always going to be like that? When he spent evenings alone, handling Dickie's possessions, simply looking at his rings on his own fingers, or his woollen ties, or his black alligator wallet, was that experiencing or anticipation?
Bumratu zitzaion atseginagoa zitzaiola aurretiko une hura, esperimentatzea bera baino. Horrela izango ote zen beti? Arrats osoak bakarrik pasatzen zituenean, Dickieren ondasunak eskuztatzen, hatzetan zeramatzan haren eraztunei, edo haren artilezko gorbatei edo krokodilozko kartera beltzari begira, esperimentatzea ala aurreikuspena zen hori?