So saying, he stepped to the stone basin, in which the waters of the fountain as they fell formed bubbles which danced in the white moonlight, and took so long a drought as if he had meant to exhaust the spring.
Odalépett a kőmedencéhez, ahol a forrás csörgedező vize gyöngyözve meg-megcsillant a holdfényben. A remete lehajolt, és olyan hosszú kortyot szívott magába, mintha meg akarná inni a forrást.