The public was jarred by something it did not understand. All blinked in perplexity with blinded eyes, as if dazzled by the sudden blazing up of an object, indistinct in outline, of unknown meaning, but with horrible drawing power.
Bazirudien guztien barnean zerbait irauli, hautsi, urratu egin zela, jendeak harriduraz kliskatzen zituen begiak, ezer ikusi gabe, aurrean dirdai itsugarriz argitzen zuen zerbait piztu baliete bezala, inguru zirriborrotsua eta esanahi ulertezina baina indar erakargarria zituena.