He had heard the names of the passions of love and hate pronounced solemnly on the stage and in the pulpit, had found them set forth solemnly in books and had wondered why his soul was unable to harbour them for any time or to force his lips to utter their names with conviction.
Entzun zituen maitasun eta gorroto grinen izenak eszenatokian eta pulpituan solemneki esaten eta aurkitu zituen liburuetan ere solemneki idatziak, eta pentsatzen zuen zergatik ez ote zen bere arima haiek barruan hartzeko edo ezpainei haien izenak erabakigarritasunez esanarazteko gai.