put in modern terms, he could be said to be in the state of mind of someone today who thinks he has boarded one of the old planes which potter between Palermo and Naples, and suddenly finds himself shut inside a super jet and realizes he will be at his destination almost before there will be time to make the sign of the Cross.
oraingo erara adieraziko dugu nolakoa zen bere gogo-aldartea une hartan: edozeinek edukiko lukeena, Palermo eta Napoli arteko bidaia egiten duten hegazkin potolo horietako batera igo delakoan, konturatzen denean aparailu supersoniko batean itxita dagoela eta aitaren egiteko astia eduki baino lehen ere egongo dela bere helburuan.