but though forgiveness was impossible, forgetfulness was possible still, and he was determined to forget, to stamp the thing out, to crush it as one would crush the adder that had stung one.
eta erabakita zuen ahaztea, ostikoka kanpora botatzea, zapalduta txiki-txiki egitea, batek, kozka egin berri dion sugea, zapalduta txikituko lukeen bezala.