His face was set hard and he held his body so tense that it seemed drawn in and shrunken. Spade, sitting on the corner of the table, swinging his legs carelessly, said:
Aurpegia gogortua zeukan, eta gorputza hain atezuan, non tiratu eta bere baitan bildua ematen baitzuen. Spadek, mahaiaren kantoian eserita, zangoak axolagabeki dilindan zituela, esan zuen: