and, as he had a stronger will than any of his companions, in course of time the whole band had so formed the habit of having forebodings that if, at the moment of embarking, one of them caught sight of a priest on the shore, or if someone saw a crow fly past on his left, they would hasten to replace the padlock on the chain of the boat, and each would go off to his bed.
eta, nola Fabrice baitzen adoretsuena bere lagun guztien artean, zantzuetara ohitu zen, pixkanaka-pixkanaka, mutiko aldra osoa, eta bai hainbesteraino ohitu ere, non, ontziratzerakoan, baldin eta ikusten bazuten apaiza ibai-bazterrean paseatzen edo eskuinaldetik belea hegaldatzen, gertaera hura aski izaten baitzen bakoitza bere ohera joateko, ontziaren kateari berehala giltzarrapoa berriz ipini ondoren.