At first this system of credit against their pay had seemed rather strange and even outrageous to the riflemen, whose sole purpose in working was to smoke Alcide's tobacco, but he had got them used to it by kicking them in the ass.
Hasi berrian, soldataren gainean kreditu emate hori harrigarri xamarra iruditu zitzaien fusileroei, latza ere bai, Alcideren tabakoa erretzeko bestetarako ez baitzuten lan egiten. Jarri ziren, halere, ipurdi aldea ostikatzearen poderioz.