The strip of paper on which he had, laconically enough, made his request, lay on his writing-table, and was swept off by a draught of wind as his valet entered to dress his hair.
Paper-zerrendak, zeinean aski labur hori egin zuen, idazmahai gainean geratu behar izan zuen, eta haize-bolada batek lurrera bota zuen, ganbarazaina ilea kizkurtzeko sartzera zihoanean.