As soon as he saw the familiar envelopes with the stamps, 'Official-Postage free', his heart always began to thump and at night, pondering over it all, he came to the conviction that he would not live to see the end of the war; the regional command of the gendarmerie would deprive him of his last remnant of reason and he would not be able to enjoy the victory of the Austrian arms, since by then he would certainly be completely off his nut.
Gutun-azal ezagunak ikusi orduko, "Portofrei-dienstlich" zigilua eta guzti, bihotza taupaka hasten zitzaion beti, eta gauean, guztiaz pentsatuz, azkenean sinetsita zegoen ez zuela gerraren bukaera arte iraungo, eskualdeko jendarme-agintaritzak azken arrazoi puska kenduko ziola, eta ez zuela Austriako armen garaipenaz pozterik izango, zeren edo adar bat edo bi faltako baitzaio.