-By reaching to the distance of two feet and a half (we now suppose the shutter open to its whole extent) a robber might have taken a firm grasp upon the trellis-work. Letting go, then, his hold upon the rod, placing his feet securely against the wall, and springing boldly from it, he might have swung the shutter so as to close it, and, if we imagine the window open at the time, might even have swung himself into the room.
Bi oin eta erdi luzatuz (orain demagun kontraleihoa zabal-zabalik zegoela) lapur batek sendo heldu ahal izango zion saretari. Jaregin orduan hagatxoari, oinak hormaren kontra seguru ipini eta, aurrerantz indartsu salto eginez, pertsiana jirarazi egin zezakeen ixteraino eta, une hartan leihoa zabalik zegoela imajinatzen badugu, gelara sartzea ere lortu zezakeen.