And she was wondrous stricken of heart for that evil hap and for his burial did him on a fair corselet of lamb's wool, the flower of the flock, lest he might perish utterly and lie akeled (for it was then about the midst of the winter) and now Sir Leopold that had of his body no manchild for an heir looked upon him his friend's son and was shut up in sorrow for his forepassed happiness and as sad as he was that him failed a son of such gentle courage (for all accounted him of real parts) so grieved he also in no less measure for young Stephen for that he lived riotously with those wastrels and murdered his goods with whores.
Eta Sir Leopolden emazteak hartu zuen bihotzean ukaldi izigarria hain gertaera gaixtoaz eta egin zuen haurraren ehorzteko gerruntze bat artilezkoa, artaldeko lehen-bildotsen artilez egina, beldur baitzen gal ledin orozbat eta geldi ledin hotziturik (zeren baitzen sasoi hartan neguaren erdia), eta Sir Leopoldek, ez baitzuen bere baitarik semerik sorrarazi premutarako, begiratzen zion orai bere adiskidearen semeari, eta isilik zagon penaturik bere zoriontasun joanaren gatik eta goibel halako kuraia garbiko seme baten eskasiaz (zeren guziek baitzeukaten bertute sendoz hornitutzat), eta penaturik zen halaber ez hein gutiagoz zeren Stephen gaztea bizi baitzen barreiaturik halako jendailarekin eta bere ondasunak xahutzen baitzituen paillardekin.