translation.ca: Tom aparegué per la vorera, amb una galleda de blanc i una brotxa; i l'alegria fugí de la natura i una pregona melangia s'establí en son esperit.
translation.en: Tom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him and a deep melancholy settled down upon his spirit.