She had conceived an idea that, during the term of our residence together, it would be well if I were always to walk behind her with a paper and pencil, in order to jot down exactly what she spent, what she had saved, what she was paying out, and what she was laying by.
aldez aurretik uste zuen gure elkarbizitzak iraun bitartean ni atzetik joango nintzaiola eskuan arkatza eta papera hartuta, eta kontu guztiak aterako nituela, zenbat gastatzen zuen, zenbat lapurtzen, beste zenbat gastatuko eta beste zenbat lapurtuko.