his love for them made him fidgety and anxious; and this was so well known, that one day a competitor, who wished to get rid of him to secure the field to himself, told Goriot that Delphine had just been knocked down by a cab.
Goriotek alabentzat erakusten zuen ardura burugabea, amodio irudikor eta minbera, hain zen ezaguna, non egun batean bere lehiakideetako batek, prezioen jabe egoteko merkatutik alderagin nahi ziola, Delphine cabriolet batek kolpatu zuela erran baitzion.