Even when their eyes had met, and her sister had approached the bed, Louisa lay for minutes looking at her in silence, and suffering her timidly to hold her passive hand, before she asked:
Ahizpa bien begiek elkar topo eginda, eta Louisaren ahizpa ohera ondoratuta ere, Louisa etzanda egon zen zenbait minututan ahizpari isilik begira, eta herabeti utziz bere esku geldotik hel ziezaion, hauxe galdetu baino lehen: