We might get there very early, when the distant piazza clock was still striking two, but however early we arrived we were sure to find them already on the court, never playing together now, as they had been that first Saturday when we came out on the clearing behind the house where the tennis court was, but checking that everything was in order, the net at the right height, the ground well rolled and watered, the balls in good condition, or else lying motionless on deck-chairs wearing large straw hats, sun-bathing.
Berdin zen plazako erloju urrunean ordubiak jo gabe zeudela iristen baginen ere: goiz joan arren, gauza segurua zen hantxe topatuko genituela, baina ez jokoan, larunbat hartan bezala etxe atzeko soilunean agertu ginenean, kantxa zegoen lekuan alegia, baizik eta den-dena gertu zegoela kontrolatu nahirik: sarea bere tokian, lurra ondo berdindu eta ureztatuta, pelotak egoera onean; edota etzateko aulkietan geldirik eguzkia hartzen, lastozko kapela handi bana buruan.