Soon Chichikov began to feel weary, for the terrain was so low-lying that in many spots water could be heard squelching underfoot, and though for a while the visitors watched their feet, and stepped carefully, they soon perceived that such a course availed them nothing, and took to following their noses, without either selecting or avoiding the spots where the mire happened to be deeper or the reverse.
-Horra hor muga! -esan zuen Nozdriovek-. Alde honetan dakusazuen guztia nirea duk, eta beste aldean ikusten den baso hori eta basoaz harantzago dagoen guztia ere nirea duk.