To Castle it seemed an oddly indifferent phrase for him to use, a phrase as cold as the poor body which lay in crumpled pyjamas stretched out upon the bed, the jacket wide open and the bare chest exposed, where no doubt they had long since listened and searched in vain for the least sound of a heartbeat.
Axolagabe samarra (eta horrexegatik arraroa) iruditu zitzaion esaldi hura, baita hotza ere, ohe gainean pijama zimurtu bat soinean zeukala, luze-luze zetzan gorpuaren modukoa. Erabat irekita zeukan alkandora, paparra agerian uzten zuelarik; askoz ere lehenago taupada-aztarnen baten bila ibiliko ziren hantxe, ezbairik gabe.