"Oh! well, yes, their father, the father, a father," replied the Vicomtesse, "a kind father who gave them each five or six hundred thousand francs, it is said, to secure their happiness by marrying them well; while he only kept eight or ten thousand livres a year for himself, thinking that his daughters would always be his daughters, thinking that in them he would live his life twice over again, that in their houses he should find two homes, where he would be loved and looked up to, and made much of.
-Ongi da! bai, beren aita, aita, aita bat, segitu zuen bizkondesak, aita on bat bortz edo seina ehun mila libera eman omen dizkiena ongi ezkontzen zituela zoriontsuak izan zitezen, eta bere buruarentzat zortzi-hamar bat mila libera baizik gorde ez zituena, urtez-eta bere alabak beti bere alabak edukiko zituela, eta haien medioz bi etxe, bi familia sortuak zituela, non itsuki maite eta eztitan ukanen baitzuten.