"Well," said Syme, "I can understand your putting on his dirty old beard for a night's practical joke, but I don't understand your never taking it off again."
-Tira-esan zuen Syme-k-, uler dezaket bizar zahar higuingarri hori gau bateko txantxa-mantxa baterako janztea, baina ez dut ulertzen ez gero gainetik kentzea.