It was clear to see that spring had exhausted itself, giving of its bounty in the thousands of flowers to be seen everywhere around, and that now it was going to fade away, slowly crushed beneath the double weight of the plague and the heat.
Argi ikusten zen udaberria agortua zela, bere emankortasun oparoa inguruan non-nahi zabaldurik ageri ziren loreei eskaini ziela eta lokartzen ari zela orain, zapaltzen izurritearen eta beroaren pisu bikoitzaren azpian.