"After that I lived like a young rajah in all the capitals of Europe-Paris, Venice, Rome-collecting jewels, chiefly rubies, hunting big game, painting a little, things for myself only, and trying to forget something very sad that had happened to me long ago."
'Ondoren rajah gazte bat bezala bizi izan nintzen Europako hiriburu guztietan-Paris, Venezia, Erroma-, pitxiak, batez ere errubiak, biltzen, pizti ehizean, pixka bat margotzen, neronentzako gauzak besterik ez, eta aspaldiko gertaera goibel bat ahaztu nahian.'