I left a candle on the stove-seat, and, wrapping myself up in my cloak, I lay down on the couch and soon fell into slumber; and I would have slept on quietly had not Maksim Maksimych awakened me as he came into the room. It was then very late.
Dibanean etzan nintzen, longainean bildu eta kandela bat utzi nuen labetxoari itsatsitako jarlekuan. Berehala lokartu nintzen, eta patxada ederrean lo egingo nukeen, baldin eta, oso berandu, gelara sartzean Maxim Maximitxek esnatu ez banindu.