The reason for that probably lay partly in a certain shyness where sexual matters were concerned, common to almost all only children, but it lay more in his particular kind of sensual temperament, which was more hidden, more powerful and darker in tone than that of his friends, more severe in its expression.
Arrazoia, gaztetxo gehienei gertatu ohi zaien bezala, sexu gauzetan zeukan nolabaiteko herabetasunean zetzan hein batean, baina batez ere sexu arazoetarako zeukan izaera berezian, lagunena baino kolore ezkutuago, sendoago eta ilunagoa baitzuen, eta nekezago kanporatzen baitzen.