At the time when I was living close to him, he was exasperated and trying obstinately, though in secret, to free himself, to escape once and for all, one way or another, from the tyranny of those families...
Haren bizikide izandu nintzen denboran, nazkaturik zegoen eta temoso ari zen isilean familen tiraniatik behingoz askatu nahirik, hola nahiz hala.