I would gaze at his face, grown longer now with his thinness, and then watch the way his breathing, down his thickened neck, seemed every day more laboured;
Aurpegira begiratu eta, argalduta, are luzeagoa iruditzen zitzaidan; lepoa, aldiz, handituta zeukan, eta haren bitartez saiatzen nintzen arnasaren pasaera egiaztatzen, eta bihotza ilundu egiten zitzaidan.