In the course of his nightly patrols, he had long grown accustomed to the quaint effect with which the footfalls of a single person, while he is still a great way off, suddenly spring out distinct from the vast hum and clatter of the city.
oraindik urrun zegoen pertsona baten urratsak entzun eta ustegabean bereizten zituen, garbigarbi, hiriko zaratatik eta iskanbilatik.