It pleased her to have an older man come to her son and speak to him just as if he were confessing to him. But Pavel seemed to treat the guest too curtly, and the mother, to introduce a softer element, asked Rybin:
atsegin zitzaion ikustea gizon heldu bat semearengana etorri eta berarekin hitz egiten zuela, aitortza eginez bezala. Baina iruditu zitzaion Pavelek zakarregi jokatzen zuela bisitariarekin, eta, portaera hori biguntzeko, Ribini galdetu zion: