and his voice assumed a dry incisive tone, sharp like a guillotine blade, while Robine gently wagged his head without once removing his chin from the ivory knob of his cane.
haren ahotsa ganibetaren sorgortasunez betetzen ari zen, Robinek, kokotsa bastoiaren bolitik kendu gabe, burua eztiro kulunkatzen zuen bitartean.