and though that description of the person so addressed was perfectly accurate, he chose to take offence, and to answer Chichikov with the words (loudly and incisively uttered), "It is YOU who have a priest for your father," and to add to that (the more to incense his companion), "Yes, mark you!
"Ez, gezurra duk hori, ni estatu-kontseilaria nauk, ez popekumea; hi bai haizela popekumea!". Eta, bestea zirikatzeko eta gehiago amorrarazteko, ziplo gaineratu zuen: