it must have dropped from its kidnapper's mouth at some clumsy movement, perhaps as it was defended from the others, or perhaps displayed as an extraordinary prize. The line had got tangled, and Marcovaldo, tug as he would, couldn't manage to yank it loose.
segur aski bere harrapatzailearen ahotik erori zen mugimendu traketsen batean, besteengandik defenditzean beharbada, edo aparteko harrapakin moduan den-denen agerian eramatean beharbada; haria nahaspilatuta zegoen eta Marcovaldok ez zuen askatzea lortzen, indarrez tira eta tira egin arren.