translation.ca: 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.
translation.en: 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.