I was powerless to stop Parapine from giving me hundreds of hate-ridden pointers about the clownish trade of medical research, which he was obliged to practice if he wanted to eat. This hatred of his was more precise, more scientific you might say, than the hatreds emanating from other men occupying similar positions in offices or shops.
Eta abioa hartuta, beste ehun eta mila detaile herratsu eman zizkidan Parapinek, ezin izan nion galerazi, ikerketariaren bufoi-ofizio hartaz, tripa beteko bazuen preziso egin behar zuen lanaz, eta haren gorrotoa, egiaz, zehatzagoa zen, zientifikoagoa, bulegoetan nahiz dendetan antzeko kondizioekin aritzen diren beste gizonei dariena baino.