"What an unassuming fellow I've become," he thought. A beautiful borzoi with a blue collar came running into the drawing room, paws tapping the floor, followed by a girl about eighteen, with black hair and dark skin, a roundish, but pleasant face, and small dark eyes.
Lepoko urdineko erbi-zakur eder bat lasterka sartu zen egongelan, lurra zapaltzean azazkalekin zarata ateraz, eta haren atzetik, berriz, hemezortzi urte inguruko neska bat. Ilebeltza eta beltzarana zen, aurpegi bete samarra baina atsegina zuen, eta begi txiki ilunak.