I live in Villeperce,' and Tom had been about to ask him how long he'd been in Fontainebleau, thinking that perhaps an Englishman with a French wife might like to make acquaintance with an American with a French wife living not far away, but Tom's venture had been met with rudeness.
Tomek bere izena Tom Ripley zela esan zion, Villepercen bizi zela, eta Fontainebleaun zenbat denbora zeraman galdetzeko zorian egon zen, pentsatuz frantziar batekin ezkondutako ingelesa gustora sar zitekeela tratabidean frantziar batekin ezkondutako amerikarrarekin, biak bertatik bertara bizi zirelarik, baina Tomen asmoak harrera zakarra jaso zuen.