but it was only after a long silence, when he said, in a hesitating voice, "I suppose you fellows remember I did once turn fresh-water sailor for a bit," that we knew we were fated, before the ebb began to run, to hear about one of Marlow's inconclusive experiences.
baina, isilune luze baten ostean, duda-mudazko ahotsez zera esan zuenean "Uste dut, lagunok, gogoan izango duzuela nola behin ur gezatako marinel bihurtu nintzen bolada baterako", orduantxe bakarrik jakin genuen, itsasbehera hasi aurretik, Marlowen pasadizo zalantzazko bat entzutera kondenatuta geundela.