During the past four minutes or thereabouts he had been staring hard at a certain amount of number one Bass bottled by Messrs Bass and Co at Burton-on-Trent which happened to be situated amongst a lot of others right opposite to where he was and which was certainly calculated to attract anyone's remark on account of its scarlet appearance.
Aurreko lau minutuetan gutxi gora bera, irmo begira egon zitzayon beste askoren artean zegon Bass bikañeneko botilla batean zegoanari, Burton-on-Trend aldean Messrs Bass eta konpañiak botillaratua, izan ere, bera zegon tokitik aurrez aurre eta zalantzarik gabe antxe jarrita edozeñek errepatzeko moduan zeuden mordoxka bat, bere azal gorri biziak nabarmentzen zituala.