At such times, he yielded, half willingly, half desperately, to their temptations. As he did so he felt only what is felt by all of those people who never incline to a crazed and debauched sensuality, one that tears the soul apart, tears it apart with voluptuous purpose, so much as they do when they have suffered a failure that has shaken the balance of their self-confidence.
Eta tarteka suak hartzen zuen, halako oldarrez non gainerako pentsamendu oro iraungitzen baitzen. Une horietan, erdi borondatez erdi etsirik, bere aieruetan murgiltzen bazen, orduan gertatzen zitzaion gizaki guztiei gertatu ohi zaiena, hau da: sentsualtasunerako haien isuria ez dela inoiz hain eroa eta lizuna-gozameneko gurariak arima urratzen diolarik-nola baita kontzientziaren oreka inarrosten duen porrota jasaten dutenean.