Cody was fifty years old then, a product of the Nevada silver fields, of the Yukon, of every rush for metal since seventy-five. The transactions in Montana copper that made him many times a millionaire found him physically robust but on the verge of soft-mindedness, and, suspecting this, an infinite number of women tried to separate him from his money.
Codyk berrogeitamar urte zituen orduan eta Nevadako zilar meatzeetan, Yukonekoetan eta hirurogeitamabostaz geroztikako metal baliotsuen burrundada guztietan zaildutako gizona zen. Miliodun okitua egin zuten Montanako kobresalerosketek gorputz aldetik sasoi onean harrapatu zuten, baina buru aldetik beratzen hasia, eta, susmo horrekin, diruaren zama arindu nahi izan zioten konta ezin adina emakumek.