The Little Russian turned around, bent his head like an ox, and folding his hands behind his back walked past her into the kitchen. Thence his voice issued in a tone of mock sullenness:
Jojola jiratu, burua zezenaren antzera makurtu eta, eskuak bizkarraldean estuturik, amaren albotik igaro zen sukalderantz. Iseka doinu ilunez durundatu zen haren ahotsa: