They at first were a little surprised at the proposal; and had they been persons less ingenious, they might perhaps have taken it for a very frivolous or extravagant one: since there was no one there that thought not himself to understand very perfectly what the word liquor stood for; which I think, too, none of the most perplexed names of substances.
Harritu samar agertu ziren hasieran proposamen honen aurrean eta hain argiak izan ez balira arinkeriatzat edo bitxikeriratzat hartu zuketen, ez baitzegoen han inor likido hitzak zer ordezkatzen duen ezin hobeto zekiela uste ez zuenik, eta neuk ere uste dut ez dela hau substantzien izenentan nahasienetakoa.