““So hard for me to realize," Bernard was saying, "to reconstruct. As though we were living on different planets, in different centuries. A mother, and all this dirt, and gods, and old age, and disease…" He shook his head. "It's almost inconceivable. I shall never understand ... / —Para mí es muy difícil comprenderlo —decía Bernard—, reconstruir... Es como si viviéramos en diferentes planetas, en siglos diferentes. Una madre, y toda esta porquería, y dioses, y la vejez, y la enfermedad... —Movió la cabeza—. Es casi inconcebible. Nunca lo comprenderé ...””
