He seemed to understand the secret springs of the faint resistance still made by the younger man; the struggles in which men seek to preserve their self-respect by justifying their blameworthy actions to themselves. "He may do as he likes;
Irudi zuen bazekiela halako jazargo tikien, halako guduken sekretua, hots, gizonezkoek beren buruen aitzinean sendagaila egin eta beren ekintza gaitzesgarrien zuritzeko baliatzen dituzten jazargo eta guduken sekretua.