Then addressing the young man in French, he said, "Tell me, my good man, what regiment have you served in?" The young man nudged his second cousin's godson's father gently with his elbow, and suppressing an ironic smile, replied that he had served in the Infantry of the Guard, and that he had just quitted the Seventh Regiment of Light Infantry.
Gazteak ukalondoaz bere lehengusu txikiaren seme-pontekoaren aita jo zuen, eta irribarre maltzurrari eutsiz Guardiako infanteriako ehiztarietan zerbitzatu zuela eta orduan 7. arinetik zetorrela adierazi zion.