they liked to sit a while in his unobtrusive company, practising for solitude, sobering their minds in the man's rich silence after the expense and strain of gaiety.
Haren adiskidetasun zuhurrarekin egotean atsegin handia hartzen zuten, zeren-eta, alaitasun-bonbonkeriak ekarritako tentsioaren ondoren, abokatuaren isiltasun emankorrean pentsamendua baketzeko aukera bait zuten, bakartasuna praktikatuz.