And then, in all but silence, in all but darkness, there followed a gradual deturgescence, a diminuendo sliding gradually, through quarter tones, down, down to a faintly whispered dominant chord that lingered on (while the five-four rhythms still pulsed below) charging the darkened seconds with an intense expectancy.
Gero hotsa eta argia motelduez zihoan; pixkanaka pixkanaka, tonu laurenka, linburtzen zen diminuendo bat, jautsiez, jautsiez, motelki jotako akorde oinarri bateraino iritsi arte.. Akorde honek luzaro irauten zuen (bitartean lautik bosteko ritmoak pultsuari eusten ziola azpitik). Segundo ilun haiek espektazio itzelez kargaturik zeuden.