What with mothers and lovers, what with the prohibitions they were not conditioned to obey, what with the temptations and the lonely remorses, what with all the diseases and the endless isolating pain, what with the uncertainties and the poverty-they were forced to feel strongly. And feeling strongly (and strongly, what was more, in solitude, in hopelessly individual isolation), how could they be stable?
Hainbeste amaz eta maitalez, obeditzeko egokitu gabe zeuden hainbeste debekuz, hainbeste tentazioz eta bakarreko errenkuraz, hainbeste eritasunez eta samin etengabez eta aislatzailez, ez da harritzeko gauzak hain biziki senti zitzatela. Eta hala sentituez gero (are txarrago oraindik, bakardadean, itxadopenik gabeko aislamendu indibidualean) nola zitezkeen estableak izan?