Only occasionally some one would carefully put a piece of wood in the fire, and when a stream of sparks and smoke rose from the pile he would drive them away from the woman with a wave of his hand. [Illustration: "The men listened in silence."]
Noizean behin soilik haietakoren batek egur zati bat botatzen zuen kontu handiz sutara, eta sugarren artetik txinpart sortak edo kea altxatzen zirenean, txinpartak eta kea emakumeengandik uxatzen zituen, eskua airean astinduz.