The somewhat arrogant arbiter of Roman fashion, the budding orator timidly dependent upon models of style and seeking my advice on a difficult passage, the anxious young officer twisting his thin beard, the invalid exhausted by coughing whom I watched over to his death, none of these existed till much later on.
Erromatar dotoretasunen arbitro apurtxo bat mutiria; hasieretako oratorea, estiloko adibideen gainera herabeki makurtua, pasarte zailen bati buruz nire iritzia galdetzen ari; ofizial gazte arduratsua, bere bizar urria bortizki lauskitu ohi zuena;