'Tenez! He put the ball on the edge of the roof, nearly straight above the cord. The saliva made it bounce queerly. He waited for the ball to stop rolling, picked it up, an dried it on his breeches before returning it, signalling that the Spaniard had cheated, though not protesting.'
Sudden Death, Álvaro Enrigue (vert. Natasha Wimmer), p. 17