The crowd of peasants stood there silent, but their motionless eyes emitted a curiosity in no way hostile, for the poor of Donnafugata really did have a certain affection for their tolerant lord, who so often forgot to demand their little rents of kind or money;
Nekazari mordoa mutu zegoen, baina haien begi geldietan jakinmina nabarmentzen zen, etsitasunik gabekoa, zeren Donnafugatako herritarrek ez baitzeukaten ezer haien jaun bihotz-zabalaren aurka;