translation.ca: Cada sacot que es dreçava en llur via semblava un home i un enemic, i els feia retenir l'ale; i, en córrer pel voltant d'algunes casetes escampades proximes al poblet, el lladrar dels cans de vetlla incorporats semblava donar ales a llurs peus.
translation.en: Every stump that started up in their path seemed a man and an enemy, and made them catch their breath; and as they sped by some outlying cottages that lay near the village, the barking of the aroused watch-dogs seemed to give wings to their feet.