The vastness and strangeness of the life suggested to him by the bales of merchandise stocked along the walls or swung aloft out of the holds of steamers wakened again in him the unrest which had sent him wandering in the evening from garden to garden in search of Mercedes.
Hormen luzetara metaturiko merkagai zamek nahiz bapore-ontzien soto gainetan haizeak astintzen zituenek bizitzaren zabala eta estrainiotasuna iradoki zioten, eta horrek, berriro ere, Mercedesen bila jardinez jardin alderrai bidaltzen zuen desosegua itzarri zion.