But at the beginning, every evening was like the one when he had come into Mme Loret's, in a little apartment decorated with fans and artificial flowers, to be greeted by the mother who said with a forced smile:
Hasieran, haatik, Mme Loreten etxera joan zeneko hura bezalakoak izan ziren arrats guztiak, zeinetan abanikoz eta lore artifizialez adornatutako apartamentu txiki hartan sartzerakoan, amak hartu baitzuen irribarre trakets batez: