Eero istui ikkunan ääressä kirja kädessään. Hän oli lukevinaan, mutta silmä harhaili sivuja pitkin, ilman että ajatus kykeni sanaakaan omistamaan. Päätä särki, särki kiusallisen hermostuttavasti nyt juuri kun olisi tahtonut lukea oikein vimmatusti, lukea sekä unohtaakseen että korvatakseen. Yöllisellä, vielä korjaamattomalla vuoteella makasi Oskar täysissä pukimissa. Hän oli vasta herännyt ja oikoili haukotellen jäseniään. Aikansa venyteltyään, nousi hän vihdoin vihellellen pystyyn, korjaili pukuaan, huuhtoi erityisen huolellisesti silmänsä ja pisti pieneksi lauluksi, ottaessaan takkinsa harjattavaksi.
Eero was sitting by the window with a book in his hand. He seemed to read it, but his eyes were wandering along the pages without his mind able to catch any word. His head was aching, aching annoyingly unnervingly at the very moment he would've wanted to read it really vigorously, to read it in order to forget and to compensate. Fully dressed, Oskar was lying on the still unmade bed at night. He had just woken up and stretched his limbs, yawning. After stretching, he stood up at last, whistling, adjusted his suit, washed his eyes with special care, and sang a little song as he took his coat to be brushed.
* Essive Case : the (plural) active present participle + the essive (-na/nä) + a possessive suffix : in order to express that you're pretending to do something. The main verb of the sentence is always "olla."
* harhailla : (intransitive) to wander, stray, roam, drift
* omistaa : (transitive) to own, (transitive) to dedicate
* särkeä : (impersonal + partitive or + illative) to be sore, ache
* hermostuttavasti : unnervingly
* hermostuttaa : (transitive, usually atelic) to make someone or something nervous
* oikein : correctly (in a correct manner)
* vimmatusti : vigorously
* sekä ... että : niin ... kuin : both ... and
* korvata : (transitive) to replace, to compensate
* yöllinen : nocturnal
* maata : (intransitive) to be lying
* puin : (usually in the plural) apparel, clothing
* pukea : (transitive) to put on, to dress (up)
* korjata : (transitive) to repair, fix, clear off
* korjaamaton : unrepaired, unfixed
* oikoilla : (transitive, usually atelic) to straighten (legs etc.)
* haukotella : (intransitive) to yawn
* jäsen : limb
* venytellä : to stretch
* vihdoin : finally, at last
* vihellellä : (intransitive) frequentative of viheltää
* viheltää : (transitive, intransitive) to whistle
* pystyyn : (of result) upright
* pysty : upright, vertical
* nousta seisomaan/pystyyn : to stand up
* korjailla : to patch (to repair clumsily)
* puku : suit (set of clothes)
* huuhtoa : (transitive) to wash
* erityinen : specific, particular
* huolellisesti : carefully, diligently, meticulously
* pistää : (with verbs or translative) make, leave
* laulu : song
* harjata : to brush
