The truth was that she had been indulging in some clumsy pleasantry, amusing herself one day by inscribing in the sale-book, alongside of the dabs and skate and mackerel sold by auction, the names of some of the best-known ladies and gentlemen of the Court.
Egia bestelakoa zen. Clémencek asmo gaiztoko txantxak egitea atsegin zuen, eta, egun batez, salmenta oholtxoetan, gorteko jaun-andrerik ezagunenen izenak paratu zituen esleituriko oilar, arraia eta berdelen parean.