and being a man of peace, unwilling by my admonitions to call forth unseemly retorts from him; I took upon me, one Saturday noon (he was always worse on Saturdays), to hint to him, very kindly, that perhaps now that he was growing old, it might be well to abridge his labors; in short, he need not come to my chambers after twelve o'clock, but, dinner over, had best go home to his lodgings and rest himself till teatime.
Hala, goiz partean egiten zuen lana hain baliagarri juzkaturik, eta haren zerbitzurik gabe ez geratzeko asmo sendoz-baina, aldi berean, hamabietatik aurrera zerabiltzan aire irazeki haiek inkomodaturik-,eta gizon baketsua naizenez, nire agirikarekin haren aldetik behar ez bezalako arraposturik sorrarazteko inolako gogorik gabe, azkenean deliberatu nintzen, larunbat eguerdi batez (beti egoten zen okerrago larunbatetan), goxo-goxo sugeritzera agian, edadean aurrera baitzihoan, egokia izan zitekeela egitekoak laburtzea;