He did justice to the meal, which was more than could be said of his neighbor at table, who, having, in his character of "old believer" of the sect of Raskalniks, made the vow of abstinence, rejected the potatoes in front of him, and carefully refrained from putting sugar in his tea.
Bapo jan eta edan zuen, bada, baita bere mahaikideak baino gehiago ere, zeinak, raskolniken sektaren "sinestun zaharra" izanik eta mehe egiteko zina eginik, patatak kentzen baitzituen plateretik eta teari azukrea ez zion inolaz ere botatzen.