Michael was about to step up the ladder, when a few words reached his ear, uttered in that strange tongue which he had heard during the night at the fair. Instinctively he stopped to listen.
Mikel Strogoff aurrera joan zen jaramonik egin gabe, baina bat-batean hitz batzuk entzun zituen besteak baino argiago. Aurreko gauean merkatuan belarria jo zion hizkuntza bitxi hartaz ari ziren solasean.