It made Tom swallow thoughtfully-he, too, must have a lurking suspicion, or illusion, perhaps, that American detectives were better than the Italian-but then the evident futility of it struck him as it was apparently striking Marge, because her face had gone long and blank suddenly.
Tomek txistua irentsi zuen pentsakor-berak ere bazuen nonbait susmoa, edo irudipena, detektibe amerikarrak hobeak ote ziren italiarrak baino-, baina gero erabakiaren hutsaltasuna agerian geratu zitzaion, Margeri berari bezala itxura zenez, haren aurpegia luze-luze eta espresiorik gabe baitzegoen bat-batean.