Nevertheless, Wells' passage across the courtroom toward the witness stand was oddly stealthy-as though he expected to encounter an assassin along the way-and, as he walked past Hickock, Hickock's lips writhed as he whispered a few atrocious words.
Hala ere, Wellsek harrigarriro isilean gurutzatu zuen auzigela lekukoen jarlekuraino-bidean asesinoren batekin topo egiteko beldur balitz bezala-eta, Hickocken ondotik pasatzean, hark ezpainak bihurritu egin zituen, hitz izugarriren batzuk esan balizkio bezala.