I tried to put in practice the theories of Prudence, and to be as gay as my two companions; but what was natural in them was on my part an effort, and the nervous laughter, whose source they did not detect, was nearer to tears than to mirth.
Prudenceren teoriak gauzatzen saiatzen nintzen, neure bi lagunak bezain alai izaten ahaleginduz. Baina haiei berez ateratzen zitzaiena, nigan bortxaren eraginez sortzen zen, zeren haiek tronpatu zituen nere barre urduria malkoetatik hurbil baitzegoen.