"Excellency," he asked, "have you had good news from )Don Tancredi?" In little towns in those days the Mayor was always able to examine the post unofficially, and perhaps he had been warned by the unusually elegant writing paper.
-Jaun Goren hori-galdetu zuen-, Don Tancrediren berri onik jaso al du? Garai hartan, herri txikietan alkateek bazekiten posta nola kontrolatu-arauen gainetik pasatuz-, eta beharbada Tancrediren idazkeraren ezohiko dotoreziak jarri zuen erne.