The flaxen-haired man was one of those people in whose character, at first sight, there seems to lurk a certain grain of stubbornness-so much so that, almost before one has begun to speak, they are ready to dispute one's words, and to disagree with anything that may be opposed to their peculiar form of opinion.
Dena eztabaidatzeko prest agertzen dira solaskideak ahoa zabaltzeko denbora izan baino lehen; itxuraz, sekula ez dute ontzat emango haien pentsamoldearen kontra argi eta garbi jotzen duen ideiarik, inoiz ez diote ergelari buruargia deituko eta, batez ere, ez dute onartuko besteren doinuaren hotsean dantzatzea;