"I am going to have a letter from Gilberte, she is going to tell me, at last, that she has never ceased to love me, and to explain to me the mysterious reason by which she has been forced to conceal her love from me until now, to put on the appearance of being able to be happy without seeing me; the reason for which she has assumed the form of the other Gilberte, who is simply a companion."
"Gilberteren gutun bat jasoko diat, esan egingo zidak, azkenean, beti maite izan nauela, sekula ez diola ni maitatzeari utzi, eta azaldu egingo zidak zein den orain arte niri bere maitasun hori ezkutatzera behartu duen arrazoi misteriotsua, zerk bultzatu duen, alegia, ni ikusi gabe pozik egon zitekeelako itxura egitera, nire jolas-lagun huts bat besterik ez balitz bezalaxe agertzera." Arratsero laketzen nintzen gutun hura jasotzen nuelakoa irudikatuz, irakurtzen ari nintzela egiten nuen gogoeta, hango esaldi bakoitza errezitatzen nion neure buruari.