If only he had deferred it for a little, if only, without giving up so soon, he had taken a chance on acclimatizing himself to Venice or waiting for the wind to change, then he would now have before him not the hurry and flurry of a journey, but a morning on the beach like that of the previous day.
Zertxobait atzeratu izan balu, hain laster amore eman beharrean Veneziako airera moldatzen ahalegindu izan balitz edo eguraldia hobetzeari itxaron izan balio, orain, hainbeste presa eta nekeren ordez, bezperakoa bezalako hondartza-goiz bat izango zukeen aurrez aurre.