He ate his dinner with surly appetite and when the meal was over and the grease-strewn plates lay abandoned on the table, he rose and went to the window, clearing the thick scum from his mouth with his tongue and licking it from his lips.
Apetitu zakarrez afaldu zuen eta afaria bukatu eta grasaz beteriko platerak mahai gainean abandonaturik geratu zirenean, jaiki eta leihora joan zen, ahoko koipe lodia mingainarekin garbituz eta ezpainak miaztuz.