nine o'clock! I must get ready for mass at once if I am to have time to go in and kiss aunt Léonie first," and I would know exactly what was the colour of the sunlight upon the Square, I could feel the heat and dust of the market, the shade behind the blinds of the shop into which Mamma would perhaps go on her way to mass, penetrating its odour of unbleached calico, to purchase a handkerchief or something, of which the draper himself would let her see what he had, bowing from the waist: who, having made everything ready for shutting up, had just gone into the back shop to put on his Sunday coat and to wash his hands, which it was his habit, every few minutes and even on the saddest occasions, to rub one against the other with an air of enterprise, cunning, and success.
Bederatziak! Meza nagusirako azkar jantzi beharko, aurretik izeba Léonieri egun on esatera joateko astirik izatekotan", eta ordurako nik zehatz-mehatz nekizkien eguzkiak plazan zuèn kolorea, azokako beroaren eta hautsaren tamaina, saltokiko toldoaren itzalaren luze-laburra, oihal gordin usaineko denda haretxena, zeinera sartuko baitzen seguru asko ama meza nagusira baino lehen zapiren bat erostera, hango nagusiak, bere soina atzerantz eginez, arren erakusteko eskatuko ziona, denda ixten ari baldin bazen ere, orduantxe kalerako prest igandeko jaka barruko gelan jantzi berri, eta eskuak xaboiz ikuzi berri, bost minuturo errepikatzen zuèn ohitura berau, baita unerik malenkoniatsuenetan ere, esku biak bata bestearen kontra igurtziz, ekimentsu, galaniaz, arrakasta-airez.