and had come under the thrall of one of my childish terrors, such as that old terror of my great-uncle's pulling my curls, which was effectually dispelled on the day-the dawn of a new era to me-on which they were finally cropped from my head.
Gertakari hura, lotan nirauela, ahantzia izaten nuen noski, baina berehala berretorri ere bai akordura, osaba-aitonaren eskuei ihes egitearren iratzartzea lortzen nuen ordukoxe, nahiz eta, ondoren, badaezpada ere, burua burkoaz ondo inguraturik itzultzen nintzen ametsen mundura.