Never had he had any talent for business, and fourteen years spent in the country among his footmen, his lawyer and his doctor, added to the crustiness of old age which had overtaken him, had left him totally incapable of conducting business in any form.
Negozioetan sekula iaioa izan ez, eta, horrez gainera, erabat ezindua zegoen jadanik gizona, alde batetik, bere mirabe, notario eta medikuaren lagunarte hertsian landan igaro zituen hamalau urteen zamagatik, eta, bestetik, hasia zitzaiolako zahartzaroko aldarte txarra gogor erasaten.