Master Kidderminster, grown too maturely turfy to be received by the wildest credulity as Cupid any more, had yielded to the invincible force of circumstances (and his beard), and, in the capacity of a man who made himself generally useful, presided on this occasion over the exchequer-having also a drum in reserve, on which to expend his leisure moments and superfluous forces.
Master Kidderminster, goizegi eta zakarregi hazita inozorik sinesberenak Kupido zela sinesteko, halabeharraren indar menderaezinari (bai eta bere bizarrari ere) amore eman eta, beti ere bere burua erabilgarri egiten duen pertsona baten gaitasunaz, altxortegiaren buruan zegoen tenore hartan-danborra ere erreserban zeukala, astialdia emateko eta indar soberakinak xahutzeko.