and he too, instead of being sorry for the poor creature, regarded what had befallen it, without being exactly ready to confess it to himself, as a convenient accident, through which the only impediment in the way of his happiness was at once removed.
Ordurako ezbeharraz jakitun zegoen, eta berak ere, haurtxoarengatik negar egin ordez, gertakari honetan, erabat aitortu nahi ez bazuen ere, adur bat ikusten zuen, behi betiko bere zorionerako eragozpen guztiak baztertzen zizkiona.