and when he thought that such another creature, quite as graceful and as full of promise, might have called him father, and been a spring-time in the haggard winter of his life, his sight grew very dim indeed.
eta Scroogek honelako izaki bat, hura bezain grazioso eta etorkizun handikoa, berari aita deitu ziezaiotela, eta bere bizitzako negu gordinaren udaberria izan zitekeela pentsatu zuenean, ikusmena lainotzan hasi zitzaion.