You could detect a certain strain of melancholy in him, but no one paid this any heed. For almost all people in our region were victims of a slightly dour turn of mind, caused by the long winters, the dangers, the harsh and wearying struggle for survival, and the isolation from the world outside.
bazirudien garrantzi handiko zerbait pentsatzen ari zela baina lortuko zuen itxaropenik gabe. Halako melankolia bat nabari zekiokeen, baina ez zen inor hartaz ohartzen, zeren gure eskualdeko jendea ia dena aldartearen arretasun iraunkor lauso batek jota baitago, zeinaren kausa negu luzeak, arriskuak, bizimodu neketsua eta mundu-bizitzarekiko isolamendua diren.