I do all this for twenty-five bucks a day-and maybe just a little to protect what little pride a broken and sick old man has left in his blood, in the thought that his blood is not poison, and that although his two little girls are a trifle wild, as many nice girls are these days, they are not perverts or killers.
baita, agian, neurri txikiagoan, zeragatik ere, lur jota dagoen agure zahar gaixo bati odolean gelditzen zaion harrotasun apurra babesteagatik, pentsa ez dezan bere odola pozoia denik, ez eta bere bi neskatoak, txolin samarrak badira ere, gaur eguneko neska xarmangarri askoren antzera, neska galduak edo hiltzaileak direnik.