The name Gilberte passed close by me, evoking all the more forcibly her whom it labelled in that it did not merely refer to her, as one speaks of a man in his absence, but was directly addressed to her; it passed thus close by me, in action, so to speak, with a force that increased with the curve of its trajectory and as it drew near to its target;
Gilberte izen hura firrindan igaro zitzaidan aldamenetik, izendatzen zuenaren existentzia hainbat zehatzago araokatuz, ez baitzuen bertan ez dagoen norbait aipatzen soilik, baizik eta bertan zegoèn norbait interpelatzen;