One of them, a stout, excitable chap with black moustaches, informed me with great volubility and many digressions, as soon as I told him who I was, that my steamer was at the bottom of the river.
Haietako batek, bibote beltza zuen tipo gizen, erretxin batek, nik zein nintzen esan bezain laster, jakitera eman zidan, hitz jario handiz eta hariari gehiegi lotu gabe, nire baporea ibaian hondoratuta zegoela.