Colonel Schroder smiled graciously and listened as Captain Spira opposite him struck the table with his fist as though wanting to start up a quarrel and repeated something which had no meaning and from which it was impossible to deduce what it was intended to mean or what he wanted to say: 'Consider it carefully, please.
Schröder koronelak irribarre maitagarria egin du eta aurrean daukan Spiro kapitainari beha jarri da: liskartu nahirik bezala, mahaia jo du ukabilez, eta batere esangurarik ez daukan zer edo zer ulertezina errepikatu du: