For a while he thought of expressing himself to the effect that, having heard so much of his host's benevolence and other rare qualities of spirit, he had considered it his duty to come and pay a tribute of respect;
Nabari zitzaion zerbait egin nahi zuela, eta, izan ere, giltzak hartu, armairura hurbildu, eta, atetxoa zabaldurik, puska luze batean bila aritu zen edalontzi eta katiluen artean, eta azkenean esan zuen: