He had seen himself, a young and silent-mannered priest, entering a confessional swiftly, ascending the altarsteps, incensing, genuflecting, accomplishing the vague acts of the priesthood which pleased him by reason of their semblance of reality and of their distance from it.
Ikusi izan zen, manera isilekiko apaiz gazte, aitorlekuan bizkor sartzen, aldareko mailak igotzen, intsentsua lurruntzen, jenuflexioa egiten, apaizgoaren eginkizun lausoak, zeinak errealitatearekin zuten antzagatik eta urruntasunagatik atsegin baitzituen, burutzen.