He had a kind of shyness of the endless field of botany, which had been lately opening itself, and the strange names humming about his ears made him cross and ill-tempered. The orders for flowers which had been made by his lord and lady in the course of the past year, he considered so much useless waste and extravagance. All the more, as he saw many valuable plants disappear;
Jaunek aurreko urtean erabakitzen hasia zutena, alferrikako gastu eta zarrastelkeriatzat zeukan lorezainak, landare garesti asko ez zirela itsasten ikustean eta landare-merkatariekin harreman oso onak ez zituelako ere bai, aski leialki zerbitzatzen ez ziotenez gero.