I gave due praises to every thing I saw, whereof his excellency took not the least notice till after supper; when, there being no third companion, he told me with a very melancholy air "that he doubted he must throw down his houses in town and country, to rebuild them after the present mode; destroy all his plantations, and cast others into such a form as modern usage required, and give the same directions to all his tenants, unless he would submit to incur the censure of pride, singularity, affectation, ignorance, caprice, and perhaps increase his majesty's displeasure;
Merezita goraipatu nion ikusitako guztia, Gorentasun hark ez zuelarik batere aintzat hartu afalostera arte; orduan, beste inor gabe aurrean, oso malenkoniatsu esan zidan, beldur zela hiriko nahiz landako bere etxeak bota eta garaiko modaren arabera berreraiki beharko ote zituen, baita berak landaturik zuen guztia desegin eta ohitura modernoak eskatu bezala beste batzuk ezarri eta berdin egin zezatela agindu beharko ote zien bere maizterrei ere, ez bazuen harrokeriaz, berekoikeriaz, arrandikeriaz, ezjakintasunez eta kasketaldiaz salatua izan-eta agian Maiestatearen haserrea ere areagotu-nahi behintzat.