Holcomb is twelve miles east of the mountain time-zone border, a circumstance that causes some grumbling, for it means that at seven in the morning, and in winter at eight or after, the sky is still dark and the stars, if any, are still shining-as they were when the two sons of Vie Irsik arrived to do their Sunday-morning chores.
Holcomb ordu-zonako mugan den menditik hamabi miliatara dago, marmar franko sortzen duen kontua, horren ondorioz goizeko zazpietan, eta neguan zortzietan edo beranduago, zerua oraindik ilun izaten baita eta izarrek, eguna halakoa bada, distiratu egiten baitute: Vic Irsiken bi semeak beren igande goizeko lanak egitera joan ziren egunean bezala.