and so was quite in harmony with my state of repose, which (thanks to the adventures related in my books, which had just excited it) bore, like a hand reposing motionless in a stream of running water, the shock and animation of a torrent of activity and life.
eta hala, ongi atxikitzen zitzaion nire atsedenari, zeinak (nire liburuek kontaturiko abenturek asaldatu nahi izan arren) egonarriz pairatzen baitzuen jarduera-uholde haren bulkada eta kitzikadura, esku tinko batek ur-lasterraren erdian paraturik beronen tirainari eusten dion bezala.