Bit by bit, almost without realizing it, Don Fabrizio told Don Calogero about his own affairs, which were numerous, complex, and little known to himself; this was not due to any defect of intelligence, but to a kind of contemptuous indifference about matters he considered low, though deep down this attitude was really due to laziness and the ease with which he had always got out of difficulties by selling off a few more hundred of his thousands of acres.
Ezarian-ezarian, oharkabean ia, Don Fabrizio bere kontuak azaltzen hasi zitzaion don Calogerori; kontu ugari, korapilatsu eta berak ere ondo ezagutzen ez zituenak, eta hori ez behar bezain buru zorrotzik ez zuelako, baizik eta gauza horiek axola ez ziotelako, mespretxatu egiten zituelako; izan ere, huskeriatzat jotzen zituen, alde batetik haiei zegokienez nagia zelako, eta bestetik beti oso erraza gertatu izan zitzaiolako estualdietatik ateratzea hogeiren bat hektarea salduz, milaka zituen eta.