As for ourselves, the next day being Sunday, with no need to be up and stirring before high mass, if it was a moonlight night and warm, then, instead of taking us home at once, my father, in his thirst for personal distinction, would lead us on a long walk round by the Calvary, which my mother's utter incapacity for taking her bearings, or even for knowing which road she might be on, made her regard as a triumph of his strategic genius.
Guri zegokigunez, biharamunean igandea izaki eta meza nagusirako ordura arte jaiki beharrik ez, baldin eta ilargia zuri eta gaua zohardi bazegoen, gure aitak, etxera erretirarazi beharrean, aintzaren ohoretan, ibilaldi luze bat eginarazten zigun kalbarioan barrena, gure amari, bidearen norabidea eta burubidea aurkitzen gaitasun handirik ez baitzuen, jenio estrategiko baten balentria iruditu ohi zitzaiona.