Motionless, on the lawn nurtured by the invisible sun which, here and there, kindled to a flame the point of a blade of grass, while the pigeons that had alighted upon it had the appearance of ancient sculptures which the gardener's pick had heaved to the surface of a hallowed soil, I stood with my eyes fixed on the horizon, expecting at every moment to see appear the form of Gilberte following that of her governess, behind the statue that seemed to be holding out the child, which it had in its arms, and which glistened in the stream of light, to receive benediction from the sun.
Hantxe egon nintzen luzaz, han-hemenka belar-izpien puntak distirarazten zituèn eguzki ikusezinaren printzek elikaturiko soropilaren bazter batean geldi, belazean pausatuak zirèn usoei ere tarteka erreparatuz: