"I'm awfully sorry." Nora smiled at Mimi, then looked at me, put a very artificial expression of concern on her face, and in a somewhat singsong voice, as if she were a schoolchild reciting a piece, said:
-Sentitzen dut, benetan-Norak irribarre egin zion Mimiri, niri begiratu zidan gero, kezka itxura guztiz artifiziala jarri zuen aurpegikeran, eta nolabaiteko ahots kantari batez, olerki bat esaten ari den eskolumea balitz bezala, esan zuen-: