Pero en eixir de la tovallola, son estat no era encara satisfactori, perque l'area neta cessava de cop i volta, com si fos una mascara, damunt la seva barba i les seves barres. Per sota i més enlla d'aquesta ratlla hi havia una ombrívola extensió de territori eixut, que s'estenia cap avall pel seu davant, i, pel darrera, al voltant del coll.
But when he emerged from the towel, he was not yet satisfactory, for the clean territory stopped short at his chin and his jaws, like a mask; below and beyond this line there was a dark expanse of unirrigated soil that spread downward in front and backward around his neck.