"'Good heavens!' I said to him, 'you know you said yourself that she was certain to die, so what is the good of all these preparations of yours?' "'Even so, it is better to do all this,' he replied, 'so that I may have an easy conscience.'
-esan nion-. Zerorrek esan duzu hil egingo dela ezinbestean, zertarako, ba, sendagai horiek guztiak?" "Hala ere, Maxim Maximitx-erantzun zidan-, hobe da horrela, kontzientzia bakean edukitzeko".