When I was a boy, a very beautiful and virtuous lady, who is yet living, the widow of a prince, wore somewhat more ornament in her dress than our laws of widowhood allow, and being reproached with it, she made answer that it was because she was resolved to have no more love affairs, and would never marry again.
Nire haurtzaroan, andere zintzo eta biziki eder batek, oraindik bizi dena, printze baten alarguna, bere apainduran baitzeukan ez dakit zer gehiagotik gure alargungoaren legeek baimentzen ez dutena; erantzuki egiten ziotenei: "Ez ditudala adiskidantza gehiagorik lantzen, zioen, eta berriz ezkontzeko nahikeriatik landan naizela."