When the bishop's boat bellowed, almost everybody was up to receive him and there were very few of us who didn't know that the Vicario twins were waiting for Santiago Nasar to kill him, and, in addition, the reasons were understood down to the smallest detail.
Gotzainaren ontzia orroizka hasi zenean ia herritar guztiak itzarrik ziren haren errezibitzeko, eta Santiago Nasar hiltzeko Vicario bikiak zain-zain jarrita zeudela ez genekienok banaka batzuk besterik ez ginen, eta horretarako zituzten arrazoiak guztiz xehe-xehe ezagutzen ziren gainera.