"Prascovia," began the Grandmother, "is what I have just heard through a side wind true-namely, that this fool of a stepfather of yours is going to marry that silly whirligig of a Frenchwoman-that actress, or something worse?
-Praskovia-hasi zen amona-, egia al da lehentxeago besterengandik jakin dudana, alegia hire aitaorde txoro horrek ezkondu egin nahi duela frantses txoriburu tuntun horrekin, aktoresa edo, zerbait okerragoa ere ez bada?