But that 'yes or no?' swelled in his head like rising bubbles and burst, and 'yes or no?... yes or no?' continued to swell repeatedly, unstoppably, in a stamping rhythm like the rolling of a railway train, like the nodding of flowers on stems too high for them, like the knocking of a hammer heard through many thin walls in a quiet house...
Baina "bai ala ez" hori hanpatzen zitzaion buruan, goraka zihoakion anpulua bailitzan, eta lehertu egiten zen, eta "bai ala ez?"... "bai ala ez?" hori hanpatzen zen behin eta berriz, atergabe, erritmo zapaltzaileaz, tren-gurpilen ibileraren antzera, zurtoin garaiko loreen kulunka bezala, etxe isil batean pareta meheetatik entzun daitekeen mailuaren hotsa bezala...