the law paid no regard to the sentiments of nature in the father, nor to the filial piety of the daughter; all it had an eye to was the person to whom the bequest was made in trust, and who on such occasion found himself in a terrible dilemma.
mesprezatu egiten zion alabari aitaganako maitasuna; ez zen inolaz ere arduratzen jarauntsia itzuli behar zuen hartaz, eta hau izugarrizko gorabeheretan sartzen zen.