The visit had already been proposed, but it had been put off in consequence of his mother's illness. She was a constant invalid, and she had passed these recent years, very patiently, in a great flowered arm-chair at her bedroom window.
Egina zion proposamena lehenago, baina amaren gaixotasuna zela-eta atzeratu zen bisita. Actonen ama bakarrik baliatzen ez zela zegoen, eta azken urteak logelako leiho ondoan igaro zituen, eraman handiz, besaulki lore handidun batean.