"But," added the Duchessa, beating her breast in desperation, "if the garrison had not been made drunk, all my stratagems, all my exertions became useless;
"Baina-erantsi zuen dukesak, etsipenez bularrean joz-, inork goarnizioa mozkortu izan ez balu, nire asmakizun guztiak, nire arreta eta zaintza guztiak alferrikakoak izango ziren.