The mealy-mouthed atmosphere reduced some of the patients under observation, more emotional than the rest, to such a state of exasperation that at night, instead of sleeping, they paced the ward from end to end, loudly protesting against their own anguish, convulsed between hope and despair, as on a dangerous mountain spur.
Han goaitapean zeuden erietarik asko, besteak baino sentiberagoak, giro belaxka hartan sartuta halako moldez ateratzen ziren azkenean beren onetik, non lo egin beharrean, gauean jeiki eta puntatik puntara logelari neurria hartzen ibiltzen ziren, protesta egiten zuten, ozen oso, beren bihotz-ikararen kontra, esperantza eta desesperantzaren artean erdibituak, mendiko magal traidore baten gainean bezala.