however, in the three years she had been permitted "dates," Nancy, popular and pretty as she was, had never gone out with anyone else, and while Mr. Clutter understood that it was the present national adolescent custom to form couples, to "go steady" and wear "engagement rings," he disapproved, particularly since he had not long ago, by accident, surprised his daughter and the Rupp boy kissing.
hala ere, "mutilekin ibiltzen" alabari utzi zion hiru urteetan, Nancy, arrakastatsua eta polita izanagatik, ez zen sekula atera beste inorekin, eta Clutter jaunak, garaiko gazteen ohitura nazionala, bikoteak sortzea, "benetan ibiltzea" eta "hitzemate eraztunak" eramatea zela jakin arren, ez zuen onartzen horrelakorik, batez ere bere alaba eta Rupp gaztea, ustekabean, egun batzuk lehenago elkarri musuka harrapatu zituenetik.