'I never could abide figures!' And with that she began nursing her child again, singing a sort of lullaby to it as she did so, and giving it a violent shake at the end of every line:
Eta horrekin batera umea kulunkatzen hasi zen berriro ere, sehaska kanta antzeko zerbait kantatuz eta lerro bakoitzaren bukaeran astinaldi gogor bat emanez: