A dim antagonism gathered force within him and darkened his mind as a cloud against her disloyalty and when it passed, cloud-like, leaving his mind serene and dutiful towards her again, he was made aware dimly and without regret of a first noiseless sundering of their lives.
Antagonismo lauso bat indarra hartzen ari zen bere baitan eta adimena iluntzen zion, amaren desleialtasunaren aurkako lainoa bailitzan; eta, lainoen gisa, pasatzen zenean, adimena berriro bare eta amarekiko adeitsu utzirik, lausoki eta atsekaberik gabe ohartzen zen elkarren arteko lehen banantze isilaz.