'And my dear boy knows, and will give you to know, sir, that after his beloved father died, when he was eight years old, his mother, too, could pinch a bit, as it was her duty and her pleasure and her pride to do it, to help him out in life, and put him 'prentice.
"Eta neure mutiko maiteak badaki, eta jakitera emango dizut, jauna, bere aita bihotzekoa hil zitzaionean, berak zortzi urte zituela, bere amak, halaber, apur bat estutu zuela bere burua, bere eginbeharra, bere atsegina eta bere harrotasuna hala egitea zen-eta, mutikoari bizitzan laguntzeko eta aprendizgoan sartzeko. Eta morroi kementsua izan zen;