Only, near the grass, was sitting a lady of uncertain age who came in all weathers, dressed always in an identical style, splendid and sombre, to make whose acquaintance I would have, at that period, sacrificed, had it lain in my power, all the greatest opportunities in my life to come.
Soropil-pentzetik gertu, pertsona bakar bat zegoen eserita, emakume adintsu samar bat, egunero etorri ohi zena, eguraldiaren axolarik gabe, janzkera zarpailsko, hanpatu eta ilun berberaz jantzia betiere, zeina ezagutzearren, nik, garai hartan, hari neure burua aurkezteko baimenik eman balidate, neure bizitzaren etorkizuneko onurarik onenak ere sakrifikatzeko prest bainengokeen.