"Will it not be advisable, before we proceed on this subject, to arrange with rather more precision the degree of importance which is to appertain to this request, as well as the degree of intimacy subsisting between the parties?"
"Gai honekin aurrera egin baino lehenago, ez al litzateke gomendagarria izango ados jartzea, bai eskaerari legokiokeen garrantzi maila, bai alde bien artean letzakeen intimitate neurria ere modu zehatzago batez ezartzeko?"