It was a strange figure-like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man, viewed through some supernatural medium, which gave him the appearance of having receded from the view, and being diminished to a child's proportions.
haur batena bezalakoa: baina haur baten itxura baino agure batena zuen, naturaz gaindiko baliabide baten bitartez behatua, zeinak haur baten proportzioetara txikitua geratu arte ikus-eremutik atzera egin izanaren aparentzia emango liokeen.