the crowing of a cock from a nearby garden, the beating oflinen, some washerwoman working late in the greenish water of the Panfilio canal, and finally, very close, just by my ear, the tick-tock of the bike's back wheel, growing gradually slower as it neared stillness.
oilar-kantu bat, oihal-jotze bat, seguru aski Panfilio ubideko ur berdotzean lixiba egiten berandututako garbitzaile batek eragina, eta, azkenik, hurbil-hurbil, belarritik zentimetro gutxira, bizikletaren atzeko gurpila, zirrin-zarran, gero eta motelago, artean gelditze-puntuaren bila.