It will not alter now." And so the very next day (unless I were to wait for a public holiday, if there was one approaching, some anniversary, the New Year, perhaps, one of those days which are not like other days, on which time starts afresh, casting aside the heritage of the past, declining its legacy of sorrows) I would appeal to Gilberte to terminate our old and to join me in laying the foundations of a new friendship.
Orduan, biharamunetik beretik (edo gertuko jaiegunen bat iritsi arte igurikiz, edo urtebetetzeren bat, edo Urtats Eguna bera, besteen berdina ez den egun horietakoren bat alegia, denbora berriren berri hasten denekoa, iraganeko jaraunspenari muzin egin eta haren tristuren legeak ezesten ditugunekoa) Gilberteri gure ordura arteko adiskidetasunari uko egin eta adiskidetasun berri baten oinarriak ezartzea delibera genezan galdegin ohi nion.