Though the elder brother grew thinner and thinner, consumed by the ardent temperament which he had inherited from his Provencal father, and the younger one waxed fatter and fatter like a true son of Normandy, they loved each other in the brotherhood they derived from their mother-a mother who had been all devotion.
Anaia zaharra gero eta argalagoa zen, bere aitaren gar biziak indarra ahiturik, anaia gaztea gero eta gizenagoa zen, normandiar baten semeak behar duen bezala, baina elkar maitatzera bultzatzen zituen beren amak, samurtasuna besterik izan ez zen emakume hark.