His uncle was the incarnation of benevolence, certainly; but from that to accepting-much more postulating-the idea of a union between a young lady with a dowry presumptively brilliant and a penniless artist with no prospect of fame, there was a very long way.
Ontasun haragi egina zen osaba, bai; baina hortik, andereño bat, pentsa zitekeenez ezkonsari bikaina izango zuena, eta artista sosgabe bat, ospe-itxaropenik gabea, elkartzea pentsatzera-are gehiago eskatzera-oso bide luzea zegoen.