Once he heard very faintly in some distant street a barrel-organ begin to play, and it seemed to him that his heroic words were moving to a tiny tune from under or beyond the world. He stared and talked at the girl's red hair and amused face for what seemed to be a few minutes;
Behin, doi-doi entzuteko moduan, esku-organu baten soinua iritsi zitzaion, kale urrunen batean jotzen hasia, eta beraren hitz heroikoak munduaz azpitiko edo haraindiko doinutxo baten konpasean mugitzen ote ziren sumatu zuen.