"It would interest me to know," Akinfiev began in a whiny voice, and his upper lip shivered, slid up, and began quivering over his dazzling teeth, "it would interest me to know, if this is right behavior or behavior that is not right, that when the enemy is tormenting us unbelievably, when the enemy is pounding our last breath out of us, when the enemy is clinging to our legs like a lead weight and tying our hands with snakes, is it correct behavior for us to clog our ears at such a deadly hour?"
-Zera jakin nahi nuke nik-esan zuen orduan kosakoak ahots karrankariz; goiko ezpainak ikara egin eta dardarizo batean goratu zitzaion hortz itsugarrien gainean-, jakin nahi nuke mesedegarria ote den guretzat, ala kaltegarria, etsaiak ikaragarri zapaltzen gaituen honetan, etsaiak hats-gabetu arte jipoitzen gaituen honetan, etsaia gure oinetan lasta bailitzan eseki eta eskuak sugeekin estekatzen dizkigun honetan... mesedegarria al da guretzat nork bere belarriak bikeztatzea, heriotzaren ordu honetan?