True, before he had met her he had in fact behaved roughly rather than gently toward women. But he had never resembled a heartless tough guy, because he had never demonstrated either a particularly strong will or ruth-lessness.
Ezagutu aurretik emeki baino zakarki jokatzen zuen emakumeekiko, hori bai, baina egundo ez zuen gizon deabrukiro gogorra irudi, zeren ez baitzen nabarmentzen ez bere borondate-indarragatik ezta aitzingibel ezagatik ere.