"Armand," continued my father, "in the name of your sainted mother, abandon this life, which you will forget more easily than you think. You are tied to it by an impossible theory.
"-Armand-segitu zuen-, zure ama zenaren izenean, utz ezazu berehala ahaztuko duzun eta lotuta zauzkan bizimodu hori, bere ezinezko teoria eta guzti.