and, when an hour chimed from the steeple of Saint-Hilaire, of watching what was already spent of the afternoon fall drop by drop until I heard the last stroke which enabled me to add up the total sum, after which the silence that followed seemed to herald the beginning, in the blue sky above me, of that long part of the day still allowed me for reading, until the good dinner which Françoise was even now preparing should come to strengthen and refresh me after the strenuous pursuit of its hero through the pages of my book.
eta, Saint-Hilaireko kanpandorrean ordu batek jotzen zuenean, arratsaldeaz ordurako agortua zena zatika erortzen ikustearena, ordu zehatzaren berri izateko parada ematen zidàn azken kanpai hotsa entzun arte, beraren ondotik zetorrèn isilaldi luzeak zeru urdinean hastapena ematen ziola zirudielarik irakurtzeko oraindik emana zitzaidàn denbora-zatiari, harik eta Françoisek bere betiko afari ederra presta zezan arte, irakurtzen niharduèn liburuan barrena bertako heroiari jarraiki hartuak nituèn nekaldiez biziberrituko ninduena.