The better class of minds, however, did not need to be informed that the Powlers were an ancient stock, who could trace themselves so exceedingly far back that it was not surprising if they sometimes lost themselves-which they had rather frequently done, as respected horse-flesh, blind-hookey, Hebrew monetary transactions, and the Insolvent Debtors' Court.
Hala ere, buru argienek ez zuten inolako argibiderik behar Powlertarrak leinu zahar bat zirela jakiteko, bai eta familiaren aztarnak hainbesteraino luzatzen zirela denboran, non ez baitzen harrigarria batzuetan galtzen baziren-eta hori sarri askotan gertatzen zen, hala nola zaldi-apustuak, itsuaren karta-jokoak, mailegu-emaile judutarrak eta Zordun Ordaintezinen Epaitegia tartean zebiltzanean.