he remembered his brother's observation that the directress had a weakness for young men, and with all his vacillating youthful self-confidence (now deflated, then exaggerated) he resolved to win the contest by gaining as a man his sovereign's favor.
anaiaren oharra zuen gogoan, alegia, zuzendaria mutilzalea zela, eta bere buruarenganako konfidantza gazte (batzutan herabeti, batzutan gehiegizko)aren desoreka osoarekin bere lehiaketa irabaztea erabaki zuen, gizona zen aldetik nagusiaren faborea lortuz.