If that object had been alone on the water, it would have run a risk of being seen, even in the darkness, but, as it was, it was confounded with these moving masses, of all shapes and sizes, and the tumult caused by the crashing of the blocks against each other concealed likewise any suspicious noises.
Ez zen zaila izango enborrezko ontzi hari erreparatzea, ibaiaren ur libreetan bakarrik egonez gero, baita itzal ilunetan ere, baina nekez bereiz zitekeen neurri eta itxura guztietako jela pilo mugikor haien artetik, eta, gainera, izotz puskek elkar jotzean sortutako burrunbak estali egiten zituen bestelako soinu susmagarri guztiak.