At this point in the story, leaving Bernard Rieux at his window, the narrator may be allowed to justify the doctor's uncertainty and surprise since, with a few slight differences, his reaction was the same as that of most of our townsfolk.
Kontaerak Bernard Rieux leiho atzean utzi duen puntu honetan, aukera emango zaio kontatzaileari doktorearen kezka eta ustekabea zuritzeko, zeren, hainbat ñabarduren gorabeheraz, haren erreakzioa gure hiritarrena bezalakoa izan baitzen.