A son-in-law is the man for whom we bring up, you and I, a dear little one, bound to us very closely in innumerable ways; for seventeen years she will be the joy of her family, its 'white soul,' as Lamartine says, and suddenly she will become its scourge.
Suhi bat da gizon bat zeinarentzat guk, zuk edo nik, izaki ttiki maitagarri bat haziko baitugu, zeinari mila lokarriz estekaturik egonen garen, familiako loria izanen dena hamazazpi urtez, etxearen bizia dena, Lamartinek erranen lukeen bezala, eta haren izurria bilakatuko dena.