Why, just today, for example, as we were going past our bailiff Philip's cottage-the one that's so fine and white-you said, 'Russia will attain perfection when the poorest peasant has a house like that and each one of us should help bring that about...' Meanwhile, I've conceived a hatred for the poorest peasant-Philip or Sidor-those for whom I'm supposed to jump out of my skin and who won't even thank me for it...
Gaur, esaterako, Filip gure sindikuaren izbaren aldamenetik igaro garenean, hain eder eta zuri ikusirik, hik esan duk Errusiak perfekzioa lortuko duela azken mujikak horrelako etxe bat daukanean eta gutariko bakoitzak horretan lagundu beharra daukala... Eta nik gorroto hartu zioat azken mujik horri, Filip zein Sidor deitu, zeinarengatik zazpi ahalak egin behar baititut eta eskerrak ere ez baitizkit emango...