"The pipe soothed him, and gradually I made out he had run away from school, had gone to sea in a Russian ship; ran away again; served some time in English ships; was now reconciled with the arch-priest.
Pipak sosegatu zuen, eta pixkana-pixkana jakin nuen eskolatik ihes egina zela, itsasontzi errusiar batean itsasoratua zela; beste behin ihes egin zuela; bolada batean itsasontzi ingelesetan lan egina zela, orain artziprestearekin baketuta zegoela.