it merely con-fused her, all the more since I gave it a false emphasis, saying it with a sly look as if the point lay there) of a rumor "that I who am accustomed to live hidden from the world have become the subject of discussion inasmuch as they claim I am engaged."
nahasi besterik ez zuen egiten, batez ere enfasi bereziz eta aire bihurriz esan nuelako, mamia bertan balego bezala), "alegia ni, mundutik urrunduta bizitzera ohituta nagoen hau, esamesen xede bihurtu izana, hitzemanda nagoela esaten delako?".