Even his superiors acknowledged him to be a devil at the job, rather than a human being, so perfect was his instinct for looking into cart-wheels, carriage-poles, horses' ears, and places whither an author ought not to penetrate even in thought-places whither only a Customs official is permitted to go.
edo: "Barkatu, baina urratu txiki bat egin behar diot artaziekin zure longainaren forroari", eta, hori esateaz batera, zapiak eta sorbalda-oihalak ateratzen zituen handik barrutik, bere janzki-kutxatik hartuko balitu bezain lasai. Nagusiek berek adierazten zutenez, ez zen gizona, deabrua baizik: