He knew what was waiting for him there; saw it, indeed, and, shuddering, crushed with dank hands his burning lids as though he would have robbed the very brain of sight and driven the eyeballs back into their cave.
Ondo zekien berak, han, zuloaren hondoan zerk itxadoten zion; ikusi egin zuen, ikusi ere, eta ikaratuta, esku heze haiez, izekitzen ari zitzaizkion betazalak zapaltzen hasi zen, bere bistaren barren-barrengo muinak ohostu eta begibolak berriz, haiek utzitako zuloetara bultzatu nahiko balitu bezala.