The Strasburg tongues on their beds of blue paper-shavings had a melancholy whiteness of hue, like the tongues of invalids; and the whilom chubby hams seemed to be wasting away beneath their mournful green top-knots.
Paper puska urdin meheen gainean, Strasbourgeko mingain bilduek mingain gaixoen malenkonia zurixkak hartzen zituzten, eta lakoi maskal horixkek borla berde tamalgarri batzuk zituzten goialdean apaingarri.