As it was filing by, an idiot, who had joined its ranks, took it into his head to shout, "Vive l'Empereur!" Two or three voices answered him, and the Rebbianites, growing hotter, proposed killing one of the mayor's oxen, which chanced to bar their way.
Oinez zihoazela, gehitu zitzaien ergel bati "Gora enperadorea!" oihu egitea bururatu zitzaion. Bizpahiruk erantzun egin zioten, eta Della Rebbiatarrak, gero eta adoretsuago, kasualitatez bidea zeharkatzen ari zen eta alkatearena zen idia botatzea erabaki zuen.