He thought it was the plague. And the only thing he could think of doing at that point-something which he agreed with Rieux was not reasonable-was to run up to the highest part of the town and there, from a little square from which you could still not see the sea, but could at least see a bit more sky, he called to his wife with a great cry across the town walls.
Izurrian pentsatu zuen. Eta orduan bururatu zitzaion jokaera bakarra, Rieuxekin bat etorriz bidezkoa ez zela aitortu bazuen ere, hiriaren goialderaino igotzea izan zen, eta handik, itsasoa apenas ikusten ez bazuen ere, zeru pixka bat gehiago antzeman zitekeen plaza txiki batetik, emazteari deitu zion garrasi handi batez, hiriko harresien gainetik.