but, by the noise I heard, I knew their numbers increased; and about four yards from me, over against my right ear, I heard a knocking for above an hour, like that of people at work;
baina areagotzen ari zen zaratagatik, haien kopurua handituz zihoala jakin nuen; eta niregandik lau bat metrora, eskuineko belarriaren parean, ordu bete baino gehiagoz kolpeak entzun nituen, jendea lanean ari balitz bezala;