"The disagreement subsisting between yourself and my late honoured father always gave me much uneasiness, and since I have had the misfortune to lose him, I have frequently wished to heal the breach; but for some time I was kept back by my own doubts, fearing lest it might seem disrespectful to his memory for me to be on good terms with anyone with whom it had always pleased him to be at variance.-- 'There, Mrs.
Zuk eta gure aita zendu ohoretsuak elkarren artean izandako gatazkak arduraz bete izan nau betidanik, eta hura galtzearen zori gaiztoa izan nuenaz geroz sarri askotan desiratu dut urradura hori senda zedin. Hala ere, neure zalantzek atzera eragin izan didate denbora batez, beldurrez ezen gure aitak bizitza osoan kontrario eduki gogo izan zuen edozeinekin ni harreman onetan jartzea, haren oroimenaren aurkako iraintzat hartua izango ote zen.