Some time later she spoke to him again of her friend, and added, in the hesitating but confident tone in which one refers to a person whom one has met somewhere, at dinner, the night before, of whom one had never heard until then, but whom one's hosts seemed to regard as some one so celebrated and important that one hopes that one's listener will know quite well who is meant, and will be duly impressed:
Handik egun batzuetara, berriro mintzatu zitzaion bere adiskide hartaz eta zera erantsi ere bai, bezperan berarekin afaldu duzun baina beraren izenik ordura arte inoiz aditua ez zenuèn norbait aipatzerakoan erabili ohi den tonu ezbaiti horretan-zeina zure anfitrioiek, ordea, hain ospetsu kontsideratuko baitute non nortaz ari zaren berehala jabetuko baitira-: