She took off her hat and her velvet cloak and threw them on the bed, then let herself drop into a great armchair beside the fire, which she kept till the very beginning of summer, and said to me as she fingered her watch-chain:
Bere kapela eta balusezko gainekoa kenduta ohe gainera jaurti zituen. Gero, uda heldu arte piztea agintzen zuen sutondoko besaulki handi batera erortzen utzi zuen bere burua. Erlojuaren katearekin jolasean ari zela, honela mintzatu zitzaidan: