As ill luck would have it, scarcely had she been admitted to the presence when Françoise reappeared and, with a smile which was meant to indicate her full participation in the pleasure which, she had no doubt, her tidings would give my aunt, articulating each syllable so as to shew that, in spite of her having to translate them into indirect speech, she was repeating, as a good servant should, the very words which the new visitor had condescended to use, said:
Zoritxarrez, hura hara sarrarazi berri, eta hara non azaltzen den berriro Françoise, irribarrea ezpainetan, bere hitzek izebari eragingo bide dioten pozean bera ere partaide sentitzen dela jakinarazi nahi duen irribarrea inondik ere, esaldiak silabaz silaba artikulatuz, eta adieraziz ezen, nahiz eta zeharkako estiloaz baliatu, hitzez hitz diharduela, zerbitzari onari dagokion gisan, bisitariak amultsuki erabiliak dituen hitz berberak errepikatzen: