So the journalist had exhausted himself with visits and gained a clear idea of how an hôtel de ville or a prefecture worked, after waiting on an imitation leather bench in front of large posters inviting him to subscribe to an issue of tax-free bonds or to join the colonial army, and going into one office after another where he could as easily foresee the faces that would greet him as the filing cabinets and the shelves of dossiers.
Hala, nekatu zen kazetaria bisitak egiten eta jabetu udaletxe bat edo prefektura bat izan zitekeenaz, hulezko eserleku batean itxaroten egotearen poderioz, Altxorreko Bonoak, zergetatik salbu, suskribitzera, edo armada kolonialean sartzera gonbidatzen zuten kartelei begira, edota bulegotan sartzearen poderioz, non bertakoen aurpegiak tirazko klasifikadoreak eta txostenen karpetak bezain antzeman errazak baitziren.