an image which was not of the same nature, was not colourable at will, like those others that allowed themselves to imbibe the orange tint of a sonorous syllable, but which was so real that everything, even to the fiery little spot at the corner of her nose, gave an assurance of her subjection to the laws of life, as in a transformation scene on the stage a crease in the dress of a fairy, a quivering of her tiny finger, indicate the material presence of a living actress before our eyes, whereas we were uncertain, till then, whether we were not looking merely at a projection of limelight from a lantern.
ez baitzen izaera bereko, ez baitzen gogara koloreztagarri, beren burua silaba baten tindu laranjatuaz blaitzen uzten zutèn irudi haien irudiko, baizik eta erreala, hain erreala non denak, baita sudur ertzean ageri zuèn zaldar ttipi suminduak ere, egiaztatzen baitzuen bizitzaren legeekiko mendekotasuna, hala nola, antzerki baten apoteosian, maitagarri baten soinekoaren tolesturak, edo berorren eri ttipiaren dardaratxoak, salatzen duten aktoresa bizi baten presentzia materiala, begi aurrean argi-proiekzio hutsa ote genuèn zalantzatan geundèn une-unean hain zuzen ere.