When I remarked to him that he might put himself out a bit, at least in the interests of my portmanteau, for which I had not the slightest desire to clamber down into the abyss, he answered:
gure errusiar axolagabeak, ordea, erlaitzetik jaisteko zirkinik ere ez zuen egin! Ohartarazi nionean besterik ez bazen ere nire maletaz ardura zitekeela, ez nuen-eta batere gogorik leize horretan behera haren bila jaisteko, honela erantzun zidan: