"You may not believe me," he said to me that evening after dinner, piecing bits of memories together. "I've never had much of a gift for languages, but do you know, toward the end in Detroit I managed to carry on a bit of a conversation in English...
-Beharbada ez duk sinistuko, gogorarazi zidan bestela bezala gauez, afal ondoan oroitzapen piltzarrak adabatuz, ni, motel, ingelesez, berez hizkuntzetarako trakets xamarra banaiz ere, azkenean gauza ninduan hizketa erraz batean defenditzeko, Detroiten...