Doctor Percival sat waiting in the hall of the Reform, near the great wide staircase, which looked as though it had been built to stand the heavy weight of old Liberal statesmen, those bearded or whiskered men of perpetual integrity.
Percival doktorea zain zegoen Reform-eko atondoko aulki batean eserita, eskalinata zabala hurbil zeukala, zeinak lehengo estatista liberalen pisu handia jasateko egina baitzirudien.