taken by surprise at a moment when outside the stockade of precautions in which, like each of his fellow townsmen, he usually moved, he hesitated, not knowing what to reply.
Ustekabean harrapatuta, bere herrikide guztiek bezala bere burua babesteko erabiltzen zuen zuhurtasunezko hesitik kanpo zegoela, zalantzatan zegoen, ez zekien zer erantzun.