and the book of a novelist having made the mania for cactuses fashionable, Leon bought some for Madame Bovary, bringing them back on his knees in the "Hirondelle," pricking his fingers on their hard hairs.
eta nobelista baten liburuak landare mamitsuetarako apeta modan jarria zuenez, Leonek Madamentzako erosten zituen, eta bere belaunen gainean ekartzen, Hirondelle-n, haien arantza gogorrez behatzak zulatuz.