Then he remembered his wedding, the old times, the first pregnancy of his wife; he, too, had been very happy the day when he had taken her from her father to his home, and had carried her off on a pillion, trotting through the snow, for it was near Christmas-time, and the country was all white.
A ló nehezen baktatott a hóban, mert karácsony táján voltak, s a mezőt vastag hó-takaró fedte. Felesége egyik kezével beléje kapaszkodott, a másikban a kosarát tartotta.