If I had been obliged to send to Paris, my dear friend, and wait for an answer to the eclaircissements you require concerning Madame de Merteuil, it would not have been possible to give them to you yet;
Baldin, adiskide maitea, zuk galdatu dizkidazun argibide Merteuil andreari dagozkionak Parisetik etorrarazi behar izan banitu eta handik etorri zain egon behar izan banu, oraino ezinen nizkizuke eman;