"Of course they are dead," replied Sobakevitch, but rather as though the idea had only just occurred to him, and was giving him food for thought.
Bazidurien harrigarri zitzaiola han bisitaririk ikustea, zeren, Txitxikov ez ezik, Selifan ere aztertu baitzuen, baita zaldiak ere, buztanetik hasi eta muturreraino.