the constancy of his attention, which was never obtrusive, his standing by her faithfully through a number of unpleasant incidents, his quiet suit, which was declared indeed to her parents, but which as she was still very young he did not press, only asking to be allowed to hope; all this engaged him to her, and custom and the assumption in the world that the thing was already settled, carried her along with it.
Bere arreta jarraitua, gogaikarri izan gabe; zenbait kinka higuingarritan eskaini zion laguntza leiala, gurasoei egin zien eskaria, agerikoa, bai, baina lasai eta esperantzaduna besterik ez zena, oraindik berak oso gazte baitzirudien, guzti horrek mutilarengana makurrarazten zuen, eta horretara munduak bere aldetik gauza jakintzat hartzen zituen ohiturak eta kanpo-harremanek ere lagundu zuten.