to me the dearest of them all, from the day when it appeared upon our balcony, like the very shadow of the presence of Gilberte, who was perhaps already in the Champs-Elysées, and as soon as I arrived there would greet me with: "Let's begin at once.
baina, niretzat, huntz-lore guztietan kutunena, gure balkoian agertu zèn egunaz geroztik, Gilberteren presentziaren itzal gisa, zeina, beharbada, Elisear Zelaietan baitzegokeen ordurako eta, ni iritsi orduko, esango baitzidan: