"Friends," and Marguerite lingered over the word, as if to intimate to those who were present that in spite of the familiar way in which she greeted him, Gaston was not and never had been anything more than a friend, "friends are always welcome."
-Lagunek-eta Margaritak hitz hura azpimarratu egin zuen, han geundenoi (erakutsitako adeitasuna gorabehera) Gaston ez zela izan eta ez zela laguna baizik adierazi nahian-, ez dute inoiz gogaitzen.