Well, perhaps he had been part of the machinery of justice, a clerk in the office to which the executioner sends in his accounts,-- so much for providing black veils for parricides, so much for sawdust, so much for pulleys and cord for the knife.
baina badaiteke Justizia Ministerioko enplegatu izan ote zen herio-zigorren obratzaileek beren horniduren ordainkizunak igortzen dituzten bulegoan: parrizidentzako belo beltzak, saskietako zahia, aihotzendako soka eta abar.