Being often obliged to hide the objects of my attention from the eyes of those who surrounded me, I endeavoured to guide my own at my will. I then learnt to take up at pleasure that dissipated air which you have so often praised.
begiz joak nituen xedeak inguratzen nindutenen begietarik gordetzera sarri behartua, entseiatzen nintzen neureak nire gogara gidatzera; erdietsi nuen harrezkeroztik zuk maiz laudatu izan didazun behako arretagaldu hori neure nahira baliatzea.